Etherpad is an open source project. And that means, that everything, from this website to the core of the application itself, has been contributed by passionate, helpful individuals (such as yourself) who liked what they saw and wanted to make something better of it. So if you like what you see, and want to make something better of it, we’d like to see your contributions. It doesn’t matter how familiar you are with real-time applications, or whether you know how to program in JavaScript. There are plenty of ways to be helpful! Just ask!
+Etherpad is an open source project. And that means, that everything, from this website to the core of the application itself, has been contributed by passionate, helpful individuals (such as yourself) who liked what they saw and wanted to make something better of it. So if you like what you see, and want to make something better of it, we'd like to see your contributions. It doesn't matter how familiar you are with real-time applications, or whether you know how to write programs for Node.js. There are plenty of ways to be helpful! Just ask!
+One of the first things you should do is actually use Etherpad lite, and get to know it, read about it, evangelise it, and engage with the wider community. You can also learn, how to write plugins and implement some cool stuff. Be creative!
+If you are willing to help, get in touch!
+ +The main development happens on Github. To contribute, fork the main repo, branch off a feature branch from develop, make your changes and commit them, push to your fork and submit a pull request for Pita/develop.
Once in a while we merge develop into master, which results in a new release. This means you will always find the latest stable version in the master branch.
One of the first things you should do is actually use Etherpad lite, and get to know it, read about it, evangelise it, and engage with the wider community. You can learn, how to write a plugin and implement some cool stuff.
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