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+# Contributing
+
+Welcome, thank you for your interest in the project!
+
+## Getting started
+
+Contributions are always welcome. If you have not already, consider joining the community discord
+(linked in the README). There is discussion about library development there as well as a development
+roadmap. Github issues are also a good place to start.
+
+I'm happy to merge fixes, improvements, and features as well as help with getting pull requests
+(PRs) over the finish line. That being said, I can't merge stylistic changes,
+premature-optimizations, or micro-optimizations.
+
+When contributing, please try to match the current code style in the codebase. Style doesn't matter
+too much ultimately but consistency within a codebase is important.
+
+## Local development
+
+To build the project make a `build/` folder and run `cmake ..`, along with any cmake configurations
+you desire. Then run `make -j` or `msbuild cpptrace.sln`.
+
+Some useful configurations:
+- `-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug|Release|RelWithDebInfo`: Build in debug / release / etc.
+- `-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=On`: Build shared library
+- `-DCPPTRACE_SANITIZER_BUILD=On`: Turn on sanitizers
+- `-DCPPTRACE_BUILD_TEST=On`: Build a small test program
+- `-DCPPTRACE_BUILD_DEMO=On`: Build a small demo program
+
+## Testing
+
+Unfortunately because this library is so platform-dependent the best way to test thoroughly is with
+github's CI. This will happen automatically when you open a PR.