Thank you for your interest in contributing to Phinch 🎉!
Phinch is an open-source app for visualizing biological data.
In 2014 we created the original Phinch webapp to help scientists visualize biological data. Now we're brining Phinch to the desktop to enable updated formats, larger datasets, and a fresh new interface.
This documents is a set of guidelines for contributing to Phinch on GitHub. These are guidelines, not rules. This guide is meant to make it easy for you to get involved.
- Participation guidelines
- What we're working on
- How to submit changes
- How to report bugs
- Communication channels
This project adheres to a code of conduct. By participating, you are expected to uphold this code. Please report unacceptable behavior to [[email protected]].
Take a look at all the current issues or browse some good first issues to get started!
Once you've identified one of the issues above that you feel you can contribute to, you're ready to make a change to the project repository!
- Fork this repository. This makes your own version of this project you can edit and use.
- Make your changes! You can do this in the GitHub interface on your own local machine. Once you're happy with your changes...
- Submit a pull request. This opens a discussion around your project and lets the project lead know you are proposing changes.
First time contributing to open source? Check out this free series, How to Contribute to an Open Source Project on GitHub.
Notice a mistake? Please file any bugs, requests, or questions in our issue tracker!
We're going to set up a new channel for Phinch contributors to discuss - watch this space!