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# How to contribute
## Resources in the documentation
* [Development quickstart](https://docs.searxng.org/dev/quickstart.html)
* [Contribution guide](https://docs.searxng.org/dev/contribution_guide.html)
## Submitting PRs
Please follow the provided PR template when writing a description for your changes.
Do not take criticism personally. When you get feedback, it is about your work,
not your character, personality, etc. Keep in mind we all want to make the project better.
When something is not clear, please ask questions to clear things up.
If you would like to introduce a big architectural changes or do a refactoring
either in the codebase or the development tools, please open an issue with a proposal
first. This way we can think together about the problem and probably come up
with a better solution.
## Coding conventions and guidelines
### Commit messages
* Always write descriptive commit messages ("fix bug" is not acceptable).
* Use the present tense ("Add feature" not "Added feature").
* Use the imperative mood ("Move cursor to..." not "Moves cursor to...").
* Limit the first line to 72 characters or less.
* Include the number of the issue you are fixing.
### Coding guidelines
As a Python project, we must follow [PEP 8](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/) and [PEP 20](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/) guidelines.
Furthermore, follow the Clean code conventions. The most important
in this project are the following rules:
* Simpler is better. [KISS principle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle)
* Be consistent.
* Every function must do one thing.
* Use descriptive names for functions and variables.
* Always look for the root cause.
* Keep configurable data high level.
* Avoid negative conditionals.
* Prefer fewer arguments.
* Do not add obvious comment to code.
* Do not comment out code, just delete lines.

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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
.. _Quickstart guide: https://docs.searxng.org/dev/quickstart.html
.. _Commits guide: https://docs.searxng.org/dev/commits.html
.. _Weblate: https://translate.codeberg.org/projects/searxng/searxng/
.. _GitHub Codespaces: https://docs.github.com/en/codespaces/overview
.. _120 hours per month: https://github.com/settings/billing
.. _list of existing Codespaces: https://github.com/codespaces
Thank you for your interest in SearXNG.
Have a look at our `Quickstart guide`_, it's very easy to contribute.
Further information on *how-to* can be found
`here <https://docs.searxng.org/dev/index.html>`_.
Translations
============
Help translate SearXNG at `Weblate`_.
.. image:: https://translate.codeberg.org/widget/searxng/searxng/horizontal-auto.svg
:target: https://translate.codeberg.org/engage/searxng/
:alt: Weblate
:width: 768px
Cloud development
=================
You can contribute from your browser using `GitHub Codespaces`_:
- Fork the repository.
- Click on the ``<> Code`` green button.
- Click on the ``Codespaces`` tab instead of ``Local``.
- Click on ``Create codespace on master``.
- VSCode is going to start in the browser.
- Wait for ``git pull && make install`` to appear and then disappear.
- You have `120 hours per month`_ (see also your `list of existing Codespaces`_).
- You can start SearXNG using ``make run`` in the terminal or by pressing ``Ctrl+Shift+B``.
How-to contribute
=================
Submitting pull requests
------------------------
Please follow the provided PR template when writing a description for your
changes.
Do not take criticism personally. When you get feedback, it is about your work,
not your character or personality. Keep in mind we all want to make SearXNG
better.
When something is not clear, please ask questions to clear things up.
If you would like to introduce a big architectural change or do a refactor,
either in the codebase or the development tooling, please open an issue with a
proposal first. This way we can think together about the problem and probably
come up with a better solution.
Coding conventions and guidelines
---------------------------------
Commit messages
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Always write descriptive commit messages *("fix bug" is not acceptable)*.
- Use the present tense *("Add feature", not "Added feature")*.
- Use the imperative mood *("Move cursor to...", not "Moves cursor to...")*.
- Limit the first line (commit title) to 72 characters or less.
See `Commits guide`_ for more details.
Coding guidelines
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As a Python project, we must follow `PEP 8 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/>`_
and `PEP 20 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/>`_ guidelines.
Furthermore, follow Clean Code conventions. The most important
rules in this project are:
- Simpler is better. `KISS principle <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle>`_
- Be consistent.
- Every function must do one thing.
- Use descriptive names for functions and variables.
- Always look for the root cause.
- Keep configurable data high level.
- Avoid negative conditionals.
- Prefer fewer arguments.
- Do not add obvious comments to code.
- Do not comment out code, delete lines instead.

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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
----
.. _metasearch engine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine
.. _Installation guide: https://docs.searxng.org/admin/installation.html
.. _Configuration guide: https://docs.searxng.org/admin/settings/index.html
.. _CONTRIBUTING: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/searxng/searxng/refs/heads/master/CONTRIBUTING.rst
.. _LICENSE: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/searxng/searxng/refs/heads/master/LICENSE
.. figure:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/searxng/searxng/master/client/simple/src/brand/searxng.svg
:target: https://docs.searxng.org/
:target: https://searxng.org
:alt: SearXNG
:width: 100%
:align: center
:width: 512px
----
|
Privacy-respecting, hackable `metasearch engine`_
SearXNG is a `metasearch engine`_. Users are neither tracked nor profiled.
Searx.space_ lists ready-to-use running instances.
.. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/organization-3050ff?style=flat-square&logo=searxng&logoColor=fff&cacheSeconds=86400
:target: https://github.com/searxng
:alt: Organization
A user_, admin_ and developer_ handbook is available on the homepage_.
.. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/documentation-3050ff?style=flat-square&logo=readthedocs&logoColor=fff&cacheSeconds=86400
:target: https://docs.searxng.org
:alt: Documentation
|SearXNG install|
|SearXNG homepage|
|SearXNG wiki|
|AGPL License|
|Issues|
|commits|
|weblate|
|SearXNG logo|
.. image:: https://img.shields.io/github/license/searxng/searxng?style=flat-square&label=license&color=3050ff&cacheSeconds=86400
:target: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/searxng/searxng/refs/heads/master/LICENSE
:alt: License
----
.. image:: https://img.shields.io/github/commit-activity/y/searxng/searxng/master?style=flat-square&label=commits&color=3050ff&cacheSeconds=3600
:target: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/commits/master/
:alt: Commits
.. _searx.space: https://searx.space
.. _user: https://docs.searxng.org/user
.. _admin: https://docs.searxng.org/admin
.. _developer: https://docs.searxng.org/dev
.. _homepage: https://docs.searxng.org/
.. _metasearch engine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine
.. |SearXNG logo| image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/searxng/searxng/master/client/simple/src/brand/searxng-wordmark.svg
:target: https://docs.searxng.org/
:width: 5%
.. |SearXNG install| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/-install-blue
:target: https://docs.searxng.org/admin/installation.html
.. |SearXNG homepage| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/-homepage-blue
:target: https://docs.searxng.org/
.. |SearXNG wiki| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/-wiki-blue
:target: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/wiki
.. |AGPL License| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/license-AGPL-blue.svg
:target: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/blob/master/LICENSE
.. |Issues| image:: https://img.shields.io/github/issues/searxng/searxng?color=yellow&label=issues
:target: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues
.. |PR| image:: https://img.shields.io/github/issues-pr-raw/searxng/searxng?color=yellow&label=PR
:target: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pulls
.. |commits| image:: https://img.shields.io/github/commit-activity/y/searxng/searxng?color=yellow&label=commits
:target: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/commits/master
.. |weblate| image:: https://translate.codeberg.org/widgets/searxng/-/searxng/svg-badge.svg
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:target: https://translate.codeberg.org/projects/searxng/
Contact
=======
Ask questions or chat with the SearXNG community (this not a chatbot) on
IRC
`#searxng on libera.chat <https://web.libera.chat/?channel=#searxng>`_
which is bridged to Matrix.
Matrix
`#searxng:matrix.org <https://matrix.to/#/#searxng:matrix.org>`_
:alt: Translated
Setup
=====
- A well maintained `Docker image`_, also built for ARM64 and ARM/v7
architectures.
- Alternatively there are *up to date* `installation scripts`_.
- For individual setup consult our detailed `Step by step`_ instructions.
- To fine-tune your instance, take a look at the `Administrator documentation`_.
To install SearXNG, see `Installation guide`_.
.. _Administrator documentation: https://docs.searxng.org/admin/index.html
.. _Step by step: https://docs.searxng.org/admin/installation-searxng.html
.. _installation scripts: https://docs.searxng.org/admin/installation-scripts.html
.. _Docker image: https://github.com/searxng/searxng-docker
To fine-tune SearXNG, see `Configuration guide`_.
Translations
============
Further information on *how-to* can be found `here <https://docs.searxng.org/admin/index.html>`_.
.. _Weblate: https://translate.codeberg.org/projects/searxng/searxng/
Connect
=======
Help translate SearXNG at `Weblate`_
.. figure:: https://translate.codeberg.org/widgets/searxng/-/multi-auto.svg
:target: https://translate.codeberg.org/projects/searxng/
If you have questions or want to connect with others in the community,
we have two official channels:
- `#searxng:matrix.org <https://matrix.to/#/#searxng:matrix.org>`_
- `#searxng @ libera.chat <https://web.libera.chat/?channel=#searxng>`_ (bridged to Matrix)
Contributing
============
.. _development quickstart: https://docs.searxng.org/dev/quickstart.html
.. _developer documentation: https://docs.searxng.org/dev/index.html
See `CONTRIBUTING`_ for more details.
Are you a developer? Have a look at our `development quickstart`_ guide, it's
very easy to contribute. Additionally we have a `developer documentation`_.
License
=======
Codespaces
==========
You can contribute from your browser using `GitHub Codespaces`_:
- Fork the repository
- Click on the ``<> Code`` green button
- Click on the ``Codespaces`` tab instead of ``Local``
- Click on ``Create codespace on master``
- VSCode is going to start in the browser
- Wait for ``git pull && make install`` to appear and then disappear
- You have `120 hours per month`_ (see also your `list of existing Codespaces`_)
- You can start SearXNG using ``make run`` in the terminal or by pressing ``Ctrl+Shift+B``
.. _GitHub Codespaces: https://docs.github.com/en/codespaces/overview
.. _120 hours per month: https://github.com/settings/billing
.. _list of existing Codespaces: https://github.com/codespaces
This project is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL-3.0).
See `LICENSE`_ for more details.