# Contributing to LibreTime First and foremost, thank you! We appreciate that you want to contribute to LibreTime, your time is valuable, and your contributions mean a lot to us. **What does "contributing" mean?** Creating an issue is the simplest form of contributing to a project. But there are many ways to contribute, including the following: * Updating or correcting documentation * Feature requests * Bug reports Before opening an issue, please: * read and be prepared to adhere to our [code of conduct](https://github.com/LibreTime/code-of-conduct/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) * understand that we follow the standardized [C4 development process](https://rfc.zeromq.org/spec:42/C4/) * [search for existing duplicate or closed issues](https://github.com/LibreTime/libretime/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue) * clearly state the problem you would like to solve in a meaningful way * be prepared to follow up on issues by providing additional information as requested by a maintainer or contributor helping you out For bug reports, please provide the following details: * **version**: what version of LibreTime you were using when you experienced the bug? * **distro**: what distribution is your install on and which distro version are you using (ie. Ubuntu Trusty) * **reduced test case**: the minimum amount of detail needed to reproduce the bug * **error messages**: please paste any error reports into the issue or a gist Please wrap all code and error messages in [markdown code fences](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-and-highlighting-code-blocks/).