Can anyone contribute to appwrite?

[Anshul439]

I noticed there very few contributors for appwrite given the stars and popularity, and also compared to other repos of similar popularity. So can anyone contribute to it, or are there some strict rules?
PS: saw the contributing guidelines and seems like it's totally fine, but just wanna confirm

[MentalOfCrow]

Yes — Appwrite explicitly welcomes outside contributors. The rules are coordination rules, not a closed-contributor policy. The current guide welcomes code, documentation, issues, tutorials, workshops, and other improvements.

The safest path is:

1. Pick an open issue labeled good first issue or help wanted.
2. Comment on the issue and ask to be assigned before starting. This avoids two people implementing the same change.
3. Link the issue in Appwrite’s maintainers Discord channel, as requested by the project, because the core team is small and may not immediately see the GitHub comment.
4. Only then fork the repository, create a branch following TYPE-ISSUE_ID-DESCRIPTION, implement the change, run the relevant formatter/linter/tests, and open the PR.

The main thing to avoid is an unsolicited PR with no issue or prior discussion; the maintainers warn that such a PR may be closed if it does not fit the roadmap. For Console/UI work, use the separate appwrite/console contribution guide.

So the short answer is: yes, anyone can contribute, but get an issue assigned and coordinate with maintainers first. The complete process is documented in appwrite/appwrite/CONTRIBUTING.md.