| # How to contribute to Apache Flink |
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| Thank you for your intention to contribute to the Apache Flink project. As an open-source community, we highly appreciate external contributions to our project. |
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| To make the process smooth for the project *committers* (those who review and accept changes) and *contributors* (those who propose new changes via pull requests), there are a few rules to follow. |
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| ## Contribution Guidelines |
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| Please check out the [How to Contribute guide](https://flink.apache.org/contributing/how-to-contribute.html) to understand how contributions are made. |
| A detailed explanation can be found in our [Contribute Code Guide](https://flink.apache.org/contributing/contribute-code.html) which also contains a list of coding guidelines that you should follow. |
| For pull requests, there is a [check list](PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md) with criteria taken from the How to Contribute Guide and the Coding Guidelines. |
