Development Workflow
Overview of the development workflow
Contributing Code
How to contribute to code to the CHT
Setup development environment
See the CHT Core Developer Setup guide for detailed instructions on how to setup your development environment.The Core Framework of the Community Health Toolkit is powered by people like you. Your contributions help us create open source technology for a new model of healthcare that reaches everyone.
The Development section of the forum is a great place to introduce yourself and ask questions. Or you can also jump right in:
The CHT community welcomes first-time contributors and experts alike. All comments, questions, and ideas are welcome!
First time contributor?
Be sure to read the first time contributors guide!
Reporting a vulnerability?
Please see the vulnerability disclosure guide!
Code of Conduct
All maintainers and contributors are required to act according to our Code of Conduct. Thank you for your help building a positive community and a safe environment for everyone.
License
The software is provided under AGPL-3.0. Contributions to this project are accepted under the same license.
Coding Style Guide
Guidelines for writing code
Contributing CHT Core Code
How to contribute to code to the CHT Core Framework
CHT App Configurer
Instructions for setting up and contributing to CHT Conf
Contributing Android Code
How to contribute to code to the CHT Android app
Releasing
Instructions for releasing CHT tools
CHT Product Repository Checklist
Checklist to consider when creating CHT Product repositories
Using NPM
Quick guide to using NPM
Static Analysis
Guidelines for static analysis of CHT code
Design Documents Guide
Guidelines for writing technical design documents
Quality Assistance
How the Quality Assistance process works
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Last modified 17.04.2025: Update contributors guide per feedback (#1846) (9211ea35)