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+# Contributing to Traccar
+
+Please make sure you read this guide before commenting on any issue or creating a new issue or pull request.
+
+Before asking anything, please search for an answer in:
+
+- [Traccar documentation](https://www.traccar.org/documentation/)
+- [Traccar forums](https://www.traccar.org/forums/)
+- Relevant repositories (see below)
+- [Google Search](https://www.google.com/)
+
+GitHub issues should be used ONLY for feature requests and bug reports. For general discussions please use [Traccar forums](https://www.traccar.org/forums/).
+
+There are multiple Traccar projects. If you create a new issue you MUST do it in the relevant repository:
+
+- [Traccar Server](https://github.com/tananaev/traccar)
+- [Traccar Web Interface](https://github.com/tananaev/traccar-web)
+- [Traccar Client for Android](https://github.com/tananaev/traccar-client-android)
+- [Traccar Client for iOS](https://github.com/tananaev/traccar-client-ios)
+- [Traccar Manager for Android](https://github.com/tananaev/traccar-manager-android)
+- [Traccar Manager for iOS](https://github.com/tananaev/traccar-manager-ios)
+
+If you are not sure where your issue belongs to, please use Traccar Server main repository.
+
+If you want to discuss something that applies to both Android and iOS apps, please use Android repository.
+
+## Bug Reports
+
+Before creating a bug report make sure that you have tested latest official release with default configuration.
+
+Only create a bug report issue if you are confident that there is a problem in Traccar software.
+
+Provide as much details as possible, including log fragments, operating system and hardware information.
+
+## Feature Requests
+
+Before creating a feature request make sure that the feature or modification that you are requesting is not yet implemented.
+
+Search reposiroty to ensure that there is no existing issues for your request. If there is, add a new comment on that issue.
+
+Provide as much details as possible, including use case for your feature and any benefits that you can think of.
+
+## Pull Requests
+
+If you want to contribute some code to Traccar, it is recommended to discuss your solution with maintainers before starting any work.
+
+Any code that you want to contribute must be of high quality and follow existing code patterns and styles.