# For developers

Are you interested in helping build Terrastories? We :heart: contributors!

Terrastories is open-source, and contributions are welcome (we have had 90 folks contributing to the codebase, and that is not counting design work!) We could use Ruby on Rails, React, Mapbox/MapLibre, Docker, front-end, or UI/UX support, and our [open issues](https://github.com/terrastories/terrastories/issues) are indexed by priority and difficulty.

All of our developer onboarding documentation is on our Github.

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Please see our [Wiki](https://github.com/terrastories/terrastories/wikihttps://github.com/terrastories/terrastories/wiki), and read our [How to Contribute](https://github.com/Terrastories/terrastories#contributing) guide for more information on Terrastories development.

**Roadmap:** to learn about current open source development work or where we're headed, check out our [Vision Statement](https://github.com/Terrastories/terrastories/wiki/Vision-Statement) and our [Roadmap](https://rudokemper.notion.site/rudokemper/9b66a992e88c453da974d583651e098d?v=058ca47b36774a8983dbd9e36d37396c).

**Community:** join us [on Github](https://github.com/terrastories/terrastories) or in the [Ruby for Good Slack](https://rubyforgood.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-1kfeimohe-KL~~~6Lkof7G94_7Ojd_Hw#/shared-invite/email) #terrastories channel.

**Coding events**: In the past, Terrastories has been built at [Ruby for Good 2018](https://www.amazonteam.org/act-partakes-in-ruby-for-good-2018-to-develop-offline-geostorytelling-app-terrastories-for-remote-communities/), [Ruby by the Bay 2019](http://rubybythebay.org/), [Ruby by the Bay 2020](http://rubybythebay.org/), and [during Hacktoberfest](https://medium.com/@rudokemper/a-very-happy-hacktoberfest-for-terrastories-and-the-ruby-community-9e472d9e85d3). If you are interested in having Terrastories at a coding event, please [get in touch with us.](https://terrastories.app/contact-us)

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