| # 🙌 The OpenHands Community | |
| The OpenHands community is built around the belief that (1) AI and AI agents are going to fundamentally change the way | |
| we build software, and (2) if this is true, we should do everything we can to make sure that the benefits provided by | |
| such powerful technology are accessible to everyone. | |
| If this resonates with you, we'd love to have you join us in our quest! | |
| ## 🤝 How to Join | |
| Check out our [How to Join the Community section.](https://github.com/All-Hands-AI/OpenHands?tab=readme-ov-file#-how-to-join-the-community) | |
| ## 💪 Becoming a Contributor | |
| We welcome contributions from everyone! Whether you're a developer, a researcher, or simply enthusiastic about advancing | |
| the field of software engineering with AI, there are many ways to get involved: | |
| - **Code Contributions:** Help us develop new core functionality, improve our agents, improve the frontend and other | |
| interfaces, or anything else that would help make OpenHands better. | |
| - **Research and Evaluation:** Contribute to our understanding of LLMs in software engineering, participate in | |
| evaluating the models, or suggest improvements. | |
| - **Feedback and Testing:** Use the OpenHands toolset, report bugs, suggest features, or provide feedback on usability. | |
| For details, please check [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md). | |
| ## Code of Conduct | |
| We have a [Code of Conduct](./CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) that we expect all contributors to adhere to. | |
| Long story short, we are aiming for an open, welcoming, diverse, inclusive, and healthy community. | |
| All contributors are expected to contribute to building this sort of community. | |
| ## 🛠️ Becoming a Maintainer | |
| For contributors who have made significant and sustained contributions to the project, there is a possibility of joining | |
| the maintainer team. The process for this is as follows: | |
| 1. Any contributor who has made sustained and high-quality contributions to the codebase can be nominated by any | |
| maintainer. If you feel that you may qualify you can reach out to any of the maintainers that have reviewed your PRs and ask if you can be nominated. | |
| 2. Once a maintainer nominates a new maintainer, there will be a discussion period among the maintainers for at least 3 days. | |
| 3. If no concerns are raised the nomination will be accepted by acclamation, and if concerns are raised there will be a discussion and possible vote. | |
| Note that just making many PRs does not immediately imply that you will become a maintainer. We will be looking | |
| at sustained high-quality contributions over a period of time, as well as good teamwork and adherence to our [Code of Conduct](./CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md). | |