CONTRIBUTING.md

Contributing to InvenTree

Hi there, thank you for your interest in contributing! Please read our contribution guidelines, before submitting your first pull request to the InvenTree codebase.

Project File Structure

The InvenTree project is split into two main components: frontend and backend. This source is located in the src directory. All other files are used for project management, documentation, and testing.

InvenTree/
├─ .devops/                            # Files for Azure DevOps
├─ .github/                            # Files for GitHub
│  ├─ actions/                         # Reused actions
│  ├─ ISSUE_TEMPLATE/                  # Templates for issues and pull requests
│  ├─ workflows/                       # CI/CD flows
│  ├─ scripts/                         # CI scripts
├─ .vscode/                            # Settings for Visual Code IDE
├─ assets/                             # General project assets
├─ contrib/                            # Files needed for deployments
│  ├─ container/                       # Files related to building container images
│  ├─ installer/                       # Files needed to build single-file installer
│  ├─ packager.io/                     # Files needed for Debian/Ubuntu packages
├─ docs/                               # Directory for documentation / General helper files
│  ├─ ci/                              # CI for documentation
│  ├─ docs/                            # Source for documentation
├─ src/                                # Source for application
│  ├─ backend/                         # Directory for backend parts
│  │  ├─ InvenTree/                    # Source for backend
│  │  ├─ requirements.txt              # Dependencies for backend
│  │  ├─ package.json                  # Dependencies for backend HTML linting
│  ├─ frontend/                        # Directory for frontend parts
│  │  ├─ src/                          # Source for frontend
│  │  │  ├─ main.tsx                   # Entry point for frontend
│  │  ├─ tests/                        # Tests for frontend
│  │  ├─ netlify.toml                  # Settings for frontend previews (Netlify)
│  │  ├─ package.json                  # Dependencies for frontend
│  │  ├─ playwright.config.ts          # Settings for frontend tests
│  │  ├─ tsconfig.json                 # Settings for frontend compilation
├─ .pkgr.yml                           # Build definition for Debian/Ubuntu packages
├─ .pre-commit-config.yaml             # Code formatter/linter configuration
├─ CONTRIBUTING.md                     # Contribution guidelines and overview
├─ Procfile                            # Process definition for Debian/Ubuntu packages
├─ README.md                           # General project information and overview
├─ SECURITY.md                         # Project security policy
├─ tasks.py                            # Action definitions for development, testing and deployment

Refer to our contribution guidelines for more information!