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# Contributing to Cantera
* For significant changes, please create an issue on the
As an open source project, Cantera relies on contributions from its users. We welcome
your participation in the project in any capacity that you are able to contribute,
whether that be through writing code, updating documentation, submitting bug reports, or
answering questions on the Users' Group. The following guidelines are intended to
provide a starting point for contributing code to Cantera.
* If you have an idea for significant change you'd like to implement, please create an
issue on the
[Cantera/enhancements](https://github.com/Cantera/enhancements/issues/new/choose)
repository on GitHub or start a discussion on the Cantera Users' Group to plan your
repository on GitHub or start a discussion on the
[Cantera Users' Group](https://groups.google.com/g/cantera-users) to plan your
modifications so that they can be implemented efficiently and in a way that doesn't
conflict with any other planned future development
* If you are interested in contributing but don't have a particular goal in mind, there
are a few ways to get started:
* Look over the [Enhancements](https://github.com/Cantera/enhancements/issues) that are listed as "feature requests"
* Look over the list of open [Issues](https://github.com/Cantera/cantera/issues)
* Reach out to the [core developers](mailto:developers@cantera.org) to discuss areas
where you could contribute effectively
* When making changes, write code that is consistent with the surrounding code
(see the [Cantera style guidelines](https://cantera.org/dev/develop/style-guidelines.html))
* Add tests for any new features that you are implementing to either the