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# Contributing |
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All projects under the Pylons Projects, including this one, follow the guidelines established at [How to Contribute](https://pylonsproject.org/community-how-to-contribute.html), [Coding Style and Standards](https://pylonsproject.org/community-coding-style-standards.html), and [Pylons Project Documentation Style Guide](https://docs.pylonsproject.org/projects/docs-style-guide/). |
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You can contribute to this project in several ways. |
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* [File an Issue on GitHub](https://github.com/Pylons/pyramid/issues) |
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* Fork this project and create a branch with your suggested change. When ready, submit a pull request for consideration. [GitHub Flow](https://guides.github.com/introduction/flow/index.html) describes the workflow process and why it's a good practice. When submitting a pull request, sign [CONTRIBUTORS.txt](https://github.com/Pylons/pyramid/blob/master/CONTRIBUTORS.txt) if you have not yet done so. |
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* Join the [IRC channel #pyramid on irc.freenode.net](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=pyramid). |
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## Git Branches |
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Git branches and their purpose and status at the time of this writing are listed below. |
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* [master](https://github.com/Pylons/pyramid/) - The branch on which further |
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development takes place. The default branch on GitHub. |
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* [1.9-branch](https://github.com/Pylons/pyramid/tree/1.9-branch) - The branch |
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classified as "stable" or "latest". |
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* [1.8-branch](https://github.com/Pylons/pyramid/tree/1.8-branch) - The oldest |
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actively maintained and stable branch. |
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Older branches are not actively maintained. In general, two stable branches and |
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one or two development branches are actively maintained. |
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## Developing |
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Follow the instructions in [HACKING.txt](https://github.com/Pylons/pyramid/blob/master/HACKING.txt) to install Pyramid and the tools needed to run its tests and build its documentation. |