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# Developers Welcome!
CHIRP is open source software and contributions are welcomed! Submissions are accepted via [GitHub](https://github.com/kk7ds/chirp) .
## Resources
* Get the code at [GitHub](https://github.com/kk7ds/chirp). See [PR Guidelines](https://github.com/kk7ds/chirp/blob/master/.github/pull_request_template.md).
* [[Developers/Add_a_Radio]] - Overview of how to add a driver
* [[Developers/ToneModes]] - Explanation of the way CHIRP handles tone modes
* [[Developers/DriverNotes]] - Notes about complex driver situations and how to handle them
* Get a new Python3 development environment setup with [[Developers/Python3Environment]]
* You may wish to join the [developers mailing list](https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/postorius/lists/developers.lists.chirpmyradio.com/)
* chirp-legacy OUTDATED Windows Python2 development environment instructions: [[LegacyDevelopersWin32Environment]]
## How you can help
* Test new changes and releases
* Triage bug tickets
* Write or update documentation
* Find and fix bugs
* Add or extend support for new radio models
* Add features to the UI
* Fix drivers with `XFAIL`ing tests:
* There are a ton of drivers with negative and unnecessary `#seekto` directives in their memory maps. These are trivial to fix and a good thing to get started.
## Translating CHIRP
### New Languages
If you want to help translate CHIRP into another language, please follow these steps:
1. Create a [new issue](http://chirpmyradio.com/projects/chirp/issues/new) for the language and include the language code. Here is a [helpful list](http://www.science.co.il/Language/Codes.asp).
1. Someone will create an empty template `.po` file and attach it to your issue
1. Translate the file. Generally, [poedit](http://poedit.net/) is the best way to do this. Be sure to fill out the translator meta-details.
1. Translate the welcome screen, by creating a copy of the source image `chirp/share/welcome_screen.xcf`, using [Gimp](https://www.gimp.org).
1. Attach the resulting translated `.po` file and the new xcf image to the ticket
1. A developer will check them over and then submit them for inclusion
### Updating an existing language
If you want to update a translation, grab the latest from [the repo](https://github.com/kk7ds/chirp/tree/master/chirp/locale), update it and attach it to an issue for a developer to include. Use [poedit](http://poedit.net/) to update the translations