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Welcome to the Developer documentation for Open Food Network! Please read this for an overview of how the software project works and dig into other pages on this wiki for more info.

If you want more generally to understand the OFN project, how the community works and the general processes we have implemented, please check the OFN handbook.

To learn about using the software, see the OFN User Guide.

Communication tools

Tool	Used for..
Discourse	Forum for in-depth feature discussion, community updates, processes, international conversations.
Slack	Real-time conversations on development, deployment, features, and other community issues needing synchronous conversations. Use the #dev channel if you need help setting up.
GitHub	Issues are used for bugs and features from the backlog that will be implemented.

A full set of tools used can be seen on StackShare (setup for UK but similar for most instances).

Development environment setup

If you are interested in contributing to the OFN in any capacity, please introduce yourself on Slack, and have a look through the OFN Handbook.

Our GETTING_STARTED and CONTRIBUTING guides are the best place to start for developers looking to set up a development environment and make contributions to the code base.

Deployment and server admin wiki

See the ofn-install wiki where you find guides to install a new server, set up Bugsnag, Google Maps and much more.