> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.nats.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.nats.io/reference/contributing.md).

# Contributing

Do you want to contribute to NATS? Awesome! We’d love your help.

The best way to get started contributing to NATS is to read our [Contributor’s Guide](https://nats.io/contributing/). Here are some examples of ways you can contribute:

* Report or fix bugs
* Add or propose new features
* Improve our documentation
* Add or update client libraries
* Host a Meetup
* Improve this website

Please [contact us](mailto:info@nats.io) with any other suggestions.


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