Developers Welcome!¶

CHIRP is open source software and contributions are welcomed! Submissions are preferred via "github":https://github.com/kk7ds/chirp .

Resources¶

• Get the code at "github":https://github.com/kk7ds/chirp (or "mercurial":http://d-rats.com/hg/chirp.hg)
  • Legacy mercurial and mailing list Developers/Process
  • DevelopersAdd_a_Radio
  • Developers/ToneModes
  • Developers/Win32Environment
  • Developers/LinuxEnvironment

How you can help¶

• Test new changes and releases
• Triage bug tickets
• Write or update documentation
• Find and fix bugs
• Add or extend support for new radio models
• Add features to the UI

Translating CHIRP¶

If you want to help translate CHIRP into another language, please follow these steps:

1. Create a "new issue":http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/issues/new for the language and include the language code. Here is a "helpful list":http://www.science.co.il/Language/Codes.asp.
2. Someone will create an empty template .po file and attach it to your issue
3. Translate the file. Generally, "poedit":http://poedit.net/ is the best way to do this. Be sure to fill out the translator meta-details.
4. Attach the resulting translated .po file to the ticket
5. A developer will check it over and then submit it for inclusion