# Contributing

First, you might want to see the basic ways to [help FastAPI and get help](/guides/resources-help-fastapi).

## Developing

To contribute code to the project, please follow the guidelines in [tiangolo.com - Contributing](https://tiangolo.com/open-source/contributing/).

## Related pages

- [About](./about-index.md)
- [Advanced User Guide](./advanced-user-guide-index.md)
- [Deployment](./deployment-index.md)
- [FastAPI](./fastapi-index.md)
- [FastAPI Docs](../index.md)
- [Features](./features-index.md)
- [How To - Recipes](./how-to-recipes-index.md)
- [Learn](./learn-index.md)
- [More](./more-index.md)
- [OpenAPI](./openapi-index.md)

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