# Introduction

First of all, thank you for considering contributing to Project64! Project64 is an open-source project and we love to receive contributions from the community. Contributions by the community help fix bugs, add new features, and improve the project. There are many ways to contribute, from writing and improving the documentation, testing, submitting bug reports and feature requests, or writing code which can be incorporated into Project64 itself.

If you are looking for support or need help, please join the [Discord](https://discord.gg/Cg3zquF)! It's the best way to get your questions answered quickly. Please do not open a GitHub issue without first reading through the [support document](../Docs/SUPPORT.md).

Following these guidelines will help make sure that users and developers alike can work together to achieve the projects goals.

Please do NOT post any copyrighted materials. This includes (but is not limited to) ROMs, ROM hacks, IPL and firmware files, etc.

Save states and game saves do not fall under this category, so please post them if they are applicable to your issue!