19df92fb0SAugustin CavalierHaiku 29df92fb0SAugustin Cavalier======================= 3fd2c0fa4SAugustin Cavalier**[Homepage](https://www.haiku-os.org/) 49df92fb0SAugustin Cavalier| [Mailing Lists](https://www.haiku-os.org/community/ml) 59df92fb0SAugustin Cavalier| [IRC Channels](https://www.haiku-os.org/community/irc) 69df92fb0SAugustin Cavalier| [Issue Tracker](https://dev.haiku-os.org/) 7fd2c0fa4SAugustin Cavalier| [API docs](https://api.haiku-os.org)** 89df92fb0SAugustin Cavalier 99df92fb0SAugustin CavalierHaiku is an open-source operating system that specifically targets personal 109df92fb0SAugustin Cavaliercomputing. Inspired by the BeOS, Haiku is fast, simple to use, easy to learn 119df92fb0SAugustin Cavalierand yet very powerful. 129df92fb0SAugustin Cavalier 139df92fb0SAugustin CavalierGoals 149df92fb0SAugustin Cavalier------------ 159df92fb0SAugustin Cavalier * Sensible defaults with minimal configuration required. 169df92fb0SAugustin Cavalier * Clean, clear, concise code. 179df92fb0SAugustin Cavalier * Unified desktop environment. 189df92fb0SAugustin Cavalier 199df92fb0SAugustin CavalierTrying Haiku 209df92fb0SAugustin Cavalier--------------- 219df92fb0SAugustin CavalierHaiku provides pre-built [nightly images](http://download.haiku-os.org/) and 229df92fb0SAugustin Cavalier[release images](https://www.haiku-os.org/get-haiku). Haiku is compatible 239df92fb0SAugustin Cavalierwith a large variety of hardware, but in case you don't want to "take the 249df92fb0SAugustin Cavalierplunge" and install Haiku on bare metal, you can install it on a virtual 259df92fb0SAugustin Cavaliermachine (VM) instead. If you've never used a VM before, you can follow one of 269df92fb0SAugustin Cavalierthe ["Emulating Haiku"](https://www.haiku-os.org/guides/virtualizing/) guides. 279df92fb0SAugustin Cavalier 289df92fb0SAugustin CavalierCompiling Haiku 299df92fb0SAugustin Cavalier--------------- 309df92fb0SAugustin CavalierSee `ReadMe.Compiling`. 319df92fb0SAugustin Cavalier 329df92fb0SAugustin CavalierContributing 339df92fb0SAugustin Cavalier------------------- 349df92fb0SAugustin CavalierHaiku is a meritocratic open source project with a large variety of tasks. Even 359df92fb0SAugustin Cavalierif you can't write code, *you can still help*! Haiku needs designers, 369df92fb0SAugustin Cavalier(technical) writers, translators, testers... Get involved and help out! 379df92fb0SAugustin Cavalier 389df92fb0SAugustin Cavalier### Contributing code 399df92fb0SAugustin CavalierIf you're submitting a patch to us, please make sure you're following the 409df92fb0SAugustin Cavalier[patch submitting guidelines](https://dev.haiku-os.org/wiki/CodingGuidelines/SubmittingPatches). 419df92fb0SAugustin Cavalier 429df92fb0SAugustin CavalierIf you're having trouble finding something in the source tree, you can use 439df92fb0SAugustin Cavalierone of our OpenGrok servers: 449df92fb0SAugustin Cavalier 45fd2c0fa4SAugustin Cavalier * http://xref.plausible.coop/ (provided by Landon Fuller) 469df92fb0SAugustin Cavalier * http://code.metager.de/source/xref/haiku (provided by MetaGer) 479df92fb0SAugustin Cavalier 489df92fb0SAugustin Cavalier### Contributing documentation 499df92fb0SAugustin CavalierThe main piece of documentation that still needs work are the API docs (found 50fe4a91e3SAugustin Cavalierin the tree at `docs/user`). Just find an undocumented class, write 519df92fb0SAugustin Cavalierdocumentation for it, and [submit a patch](https://dev.haiku-os.org/wiki/CodingGuidelines/SubmittingPatches). 529df92fb0SAugustin Cavalier 539df92fb0SAugustin Cavalier### Contributing translations 549df92fb0SAugustin CavalierSee [wiki:i18n](https://dev.haiku-os.org/wiki/i18n). 559df92fb0SAugustin Cavalier 569df92fb0SAugustin Cavalier### Contributing software ports 57*a8438bc2SAugustin CavalierSee [HaikuPorts](https://github.com/haikuports/haikuports/). 58