Contributing

Contributions are welcome, and they are greatly appreciated!

You can contribute in many ways:

Types of Contributions

Report Bugs

Report bugs at https://github.com/PyO3/maturin/issues.

Fix Bugs

Look through the GitHub issues for bugs. Anything tagged with bug and help wanted is open to whoever wants to implement it.

Implement Features

Look through the GitHub issues for features.

Write Documentation

Maturin could always use more documentation, whether as part of the official guide, in docstrings or even on the web in blog posts, articles and such.

Submit Feedback

The best way to send feedback is to start a new discussion at https://github.com/PyO3/maturin/discussions.

Get Started!

Ready to contribute? Here's how to setup maturin for local development.

Fork the maturin repository on GitHub.

Clone your fork locally:

$ git clone git@github.com:your_name_here/maturin.git

Install a stable Rust toolchain and of course Python 3.6 or later is also required.
Create a branch for local development:
```
$ cd maturin
$ git checkout -b branch-name
```
Now you can make your changes locally.
When you're done making changes, format your changes with cargo fmt, then lint with cargo clippy and test them with cargo test:
```
$ cargo fmt
$ cargo clippy
$ cargo test
```
Note that in order to run tests you need to install virtualenv and cffi (pip3 install cffi virtualenv).

Commit your changes and push your branch to GitHub:

$ git add .
$ git Commit
$ git push origin branch-name

Submit a pull request through the GitHub website.

Pull Request Guidelines

Before you submit a pull request, check that it meets these guidelines:

The pull request should include tests if it adds or changes functionalities.
Add a changelog entry.
When command line interface changes, run python3 test-crates/update_readme.py to update related documentation.

Maturin User Guide