···11-# Teal.fm
11+# Contributing
2233-### Hi, thanks for showing interest in our project, we appreciate you wanting to be a part of it!
33+Hi, thanks for showing interest in our project, we appreciate you wanting to be
44+a part of it!
4556> ###### Do you accept external contributions?
66-> Yes, we welcome external contributions! The only request we have is that you check with us before working on a large feature, as we'd prefer to avoid duplicating effort.
77+> Yes, we welcome external contributions! The only request we have is that you
88+> check with us before working on a large feature, as we'd prefer to avoid duplicating effort.
79>
88-> You can do this by either creating an issue that we can communicate through, or popping into the Discord channel and asking in the #development channel. Whatever works best for you!
1010+> You can do this by either creating an issue that we can communicate through, or
1111+> popping into the Discord channel and asking in the #development channel.
1212+> Whatever works best for you!
913>
1014> Other than that, feel free to contribute however you'd like!
1515+1616+Fork, then clone the repo:
1717+1818+ git clone git@github.com:your-username/teal.git
1919+2020+Set up your machine:
2121+2222+```bash
2323+pnpm install && pnpm install -g turbo && cp apps/aqua/.env.example apps/aqua/.env &&
2424+pnpm run db:migrate
2525+```
2626+2727+Development
2828+2929+To start the development server run:
3030+3131+```bash
3232+turbo dev --filter=@teal/aqua
3333+```
3434+3535+Open http://localhost:3000/ with your browser to see the home page. You will need
3636+to login with Bluesky to test the posting functionality of the app. Note: if the
3737+redirect back to the app after you login isn't working correctly, you may need to
3838+replace the `127.0.0.1` with `localhost`.
3939+4040+Push to your fork and [submit a pull request][pr].
4141+4242+[pr]: https://github.com/teal-fm/teal/compare/
4343+4444+Now you're waiting on us! We'll try to comment on the pull request as soon as
4545+we can!
4646+4747+Thanks again!