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+If you like this application and want it to improve, feel free to contribute to its development.
+
+!!! success "Contribution List"
+    If you help bring this project forward you deserve to be credited for it.
+    Feel free to add yourself to `CONTRIBUTERS.md` or message me to add you if you have contributed anything.
+
+## Issues
+The most basic but also very important way of contributing is reporting issues and commenting on ideas and feature requests
+over on the GitHub issues.
+
+Without Feedback improvement can't happen, so don't hesitate to say what you want to say.
+
+## Contributing Code
+Code contributions are always welcome. There is no special rules for what you need to do, 
+just do your best and we will work together to get your idea and code merged into the project.
+
+### Getting Started
+This application is developed using the Django framework for Python. They have excellent 
+[documentation](https://www.djangoproject.com/start/) on how to get started, so I will only give you the basics here.
+
+1. Clone this repository wherever you like and install the Python language for your OS (at least version 3.8)
+2. Open it in your favorite editor/IDE (e.g. PyCharm)
+    1. If you want, create a virutal environment for all your packages.
+3. Install all required packages: `pip install -r requirements.txt`
+4. Run the migrations: `python manage.py migrate`
+5. Start the development server: `python manage.py runserver`
+
+There is **no** need to set any environment variables. By default, a simple sqlite database is used and all settings are
+populated from default values.
+
+### Contribute Translations
+
+If you know any foreign languages that is not yet translated feel free to contribute translations.
+
+There is a [transifex project](https://www.transifex.com/django-recipes/django-cookbook/) project where you can get started. 
+If you want to contribute a new language or help maintain an already existing one feel free to create a transifex 
+account (using the link above) and request to join the project.
+
+!!! warning "Transifex Requests"
+    The Team management, language creation and communication on transifex is very difficult for some reason.
+    Because of this please have some patience when approving your requests or adding you to a team takes a while.
+    Please also not that if you request a language you are not automatically in its translation team and you will
+    need to make **an additional request** after I have accepted the language.
+
+It is also possible to provide the translations directly by creating a new language 
+using `manage.py makemessages -l <language_code> -i venv`. Once finished, simply open a PR with the changed files.