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freecodecamp/contribute — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-05-18

★ 138MDXAudience · developerComplexity · 1/5Setup · easy

In one sentence

The documentation site explaining how to contribute to freeCodeCamp, covering bug fixes, translations, curriculum work, and community guidelines.

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  root((freeCodeCamp contribute))
    What it does
      Contributor docs site
      Explains how to help
    Tech stack
      MDX
    Topics
      Bug fixes
      Translations
      Curriculum work
    Use cases
      Submit first pull request
      Report security issue
    Audience
      New contributors

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Learn how to submit your first pull request to freeCodeCamp.

USE CASE 2

Find out how to report a bug or a security issue responsibly.

USE CASE 3

Get started translating freeCodeCamp content into another language.

USE CASE 4

Understand the community guidelines before contributing to the curriculum.

What is it built with?

MDX

How does it compare?

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Complexity1/51/52/5
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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min
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So what is it?

This repository holds the source for the freeCodeCamp contribution documentation site, which runs at contribute.freecodecamp.org. freeCodeCamp is a nonprofit that offers free coding education online, and this site is the starting point for anyone who wants to help improve the platform itself. The site explains how to get involved as a contributor, whether that means fixing bugs in the main codebase, improving documentation, translating content into other languages, or working on the curriculum. It covers how to report bugs, how to submit changes through pull requests, and how to follow the community guidelines while doing so. There is also a section on responsible disclosure for anyone who finds a security issue. The repository is the code behind that documentation site, not the main freeCodeCamp learning platform itself. If you want to suggest an improvement to the contributor guides or fix an error in the documentation, you would make changes here. freeCodeCamp also has a forum, a YouTube channel with free courses, a publication with programming articles, and a Discord server for the community. Links to all of those are included in the README as additional ways to get involved or find help.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Walk me through how to make my first contribution to freeCodeCamp.
Prompt 2
Explain how to report a security vulnerability responsibly to this project.
Prompt 3
Show me how to get started translating freeCodeCamp content.
Prompt 4
What are the community guidelines I should follow when contributing?

Frequently asked questions

What is contribute?

The documentation site explaining how to contribute to freeCodeCamp, covering bug fixes, translations, curriculum work, and community guidelines.

What language is contribute written in?

Mainly MDX. The stack also includes MDX.

What license does contribute use?

No license information was found in the material provided.

How hard is contribute to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is contribute for?

Mainly developer.

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