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  <section id="how-to-contribute">
<span id="id1"></span><h1>How to contribute<a class="headerlink" href="#how-to-contribute" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
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<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#prime-directives-privacy-hackability" id="id3">Prime directives: Privacy, Hackability</a></p>
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<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#privacy-by-design" id="id4">Privacy-by-design</a></p></li>
</ul>
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<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#code" id="id5">Code</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#translation" id="id6">Translation</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#documentation" id="id7">Documentation</a></p>
<ul>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#live-build" id="id8">Live build</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#deploy-on-github-io" id="id9">deploy on github.io</a></p></li>
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<section id="prime-directives-privacy-hackability">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id3" role="doc-backlink">Prime directives: Privacy, Hackability</a><a class="headerlink" href="#prime-directives-privacy-hackability" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>SearXNG has two prime directives, <strong>privacy-by-design and hackability</strong> .  The
hackability comes in three levels:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>support of search engines</p></li>
<li><p>plugins to alter search behaviour</p></li>
<li><p>hacking SearXNG itself</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Note the lack of “world domination” among the directives.  SearXNG has no
intention of wide mass-adoption, rounded corners, etc.  The prime directive
“privacy” deserves a separate chapter, as it’s quite uncommon unfortunately.</p>
<section id="privacy-by-design">
<h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id4" role="doc-backlink">Privacy-by-design</a><a class="headerlink" href="#privacy-by-design" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h3>
<p>SearXNG was born out of the need for a <strong>privacy-respecting</strong> search tool which
can be extended easily to maximize both its search and its privacy protecting
capabilities.</p>
<p>Some widely used search engine features may work differently,
may be turned off by default, or may not be implemented at all in SearXNG
<strong>as a consequence of a privacy-by-design approach</strong>.</p>
<p>Following this approach, features reducing the privacy preserving aspects of SearXNG should be
switched off by default or should not be implemented at all.  There are plenty of
search engines already providing such features.  If a feature reduces
SearXNG’s efficacy in protecting a user’s privacy, the user must be informed about
the effect of choosing to enable it.  Features that protect privacy but differ from the
expectations of the user should also be carefully explained to them.</p>
<p>Also, if you think that something works weird with SearXNG, it might be because
the tool you are using is designed in a way that interferes with SearXNG’s privacy aspects.
Submitting a bug report to the vendor of the tool that misbehaves might be a good
feedback for them to reconsider the disrespect to their customers (e.g., <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GET</span></code> vs <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">POST</span></code>
requests in various browsers).</p>
<p>Remember the other prime directive of SearXNG is to be hackable, so if the above
privacy concerns do not fancy you, simply fork it.</p>
<blockquote>
<div><p><em>Happy hacking.</em></p>
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id5" role="doc-backlink">Code</a><a class="headerlink" href="#code" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
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<p class="sidebar-title">Create good commits!</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/GitCommitMessages#Structural_split_of_changes">Structural split of changes</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://www.conventionalcommits.org/">Conventional Commits</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/GitCommitMessages">Git Commit Good Practice</a></p></li>
<li><p>some like to use: <a class="reference external" href="https://gitmoji.carloscuesta.me/">gitmoji</a></p></li>
<li><p>not yet active: <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/zeke/semantic-pull-requests">Semantic PR</a></p></li>
</ul>
</aside>
<p>In order to submit a patch, please follow the steps below:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Follow coding conventions.</p>
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<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/">PEP8</a> standards apply, except the convention of line length</p></li>
<li><p>Maximum line length is 120 characters</p></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p>The cardinal rule for creating good commits is to ensure there is only one
<em>logical change</em> per commit / read <a class="reference external" href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/GitCommitMessages#Structural_split_of_changes">Structural split of changes</a></p></li>
<li><p>Check if your code breaks existing tests.  If so, update the tests or fix your
code.</p></li>
<li><p>If your code can be unit-tested, add unit tests.</p></li>
<li><p>Add yourself to the <a class="extlink-origin reference external" href="https://github.com/searxng/searxng/blob/master/AUTHORS.rst">git://AUTHORS.rst</a> file.</p></li>
<li><p>Choose meaningful commit messages, read <a class="reference external" href="https://www.conventionalcommits.org/">Conventional Commits</a></p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nb">type</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">optional</span> <span class="n">scope</span><span class="p">]:</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">description</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>

<span class="p">[</span><span class="n">optional</span> <span class="n">body</span><span class="p">]</span>

<span class="p">[</span><span class="n">optional</span> <span class="n">footer</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">s</span><span class="p">)]</span>
</pre></div>
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<li><p>Create a pull request.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>For more help on getting started with SearXNG development, see <a class="reference internal" href="quickstart.html#devquickstart"><span class="std std-ref">Development Quickstart</span></a>.</p>
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<p class="sidebar-title">The reST sources</p>
<p>has been moved from <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">gh-branch</span></code> into <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">master</span></code> (<a class="extlink-origin reference external" href="https://github.com/searxng/searxng/blob/master/docs">git://docs</a>).</p>
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<p>The documentation is built using <a class="reference external" href="https://www.sphinx-doc.org">Sphinx</a>.  So in order to be able to generate
the required files, you have to install it on your system.  Much easier, use
our <a class="reference internal" href="makefile.html#makefile"><span class="std std-ref">Makefile &amp; ./manage</span></a>.</p>
<p>Here is an example which makes a complete rebuild:</p>
<div class="highlight-sh notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>$<span class="w"> </span>make<span class="w"> </span>docs.clean<span class="w"> </span>docs.html
...
The<span class="w"> </span>HTML<span class="w"> </span>pages<span class="w"> </span>are<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">in</span><span class="w"> </span>dist/docs.
</pre></div>
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<span id="make-docs-live"></span><h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id8" role="doc-backlink">Live build</a><a class="headerlink" href="#live-build" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h3>
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<p class="sidebar-title">docs.clean</p>
<p>It is recommended to assert a complete rebuild before deploying (use
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">docs.clean</span></code>).</p>
</aside>
<p>Live build is like WYSIWYG.  It’s the recommended way to go if you want to edit the documentation.
The Makefile target <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">docs.live</span></code> builds the docs, opens
URL in your favorite browser and rebuilds every time a reST file has been
changed (<a class="reference internal" href="makefile.html#make-docs-clean"><span class="std std-ref">make docs.clean docs.live</span></a>).</p>
<div class="highlight-sh notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>$<span class="w"> </span>make<span class="w"> </span>docs.live
...
The<span class="w"> </span>HTML<span class="w"> </span>pages<span class="w"> </span>are<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">in</span><span class="w"> </span>dist/docs.
...<span class="w"> </span>Serving<span class="w"> </span>on<span class="w"> </span>http://0.0.0.0:8000
...<span class="w"> </span>Start<span class="w"> </span>watching<span class="w"> </span>changes
</pre></div>
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<p>Live builds are implemented by <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/executablebooks/sphinx-autobuild/blob/master/README.md">sphinx-autobuild</a>.  Use environment
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">$(SPHINXOPTS)</span></code> to pass arguments to the <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/executablebooks/sphinx-autobuild/blob/master/README.md">sphinx-autobuild</a> command.  You can
pass any argument except for the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">--host</span></code> option (which is always set to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0.0.0.0</span></code>).
E.g., to find and use a free port, use:</p>
<div class="highlight-sh notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>$<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">SPHINXOPTS</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;--port 0&quot;</span><span class="w"> </span>make<span class="w"> </span>docs.live
...
...<span class="w"> </span>Serving<span class="w"> </span>on<span class="w"> </span>http://0.0.0.0:50593
...
</pre></div>
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<section id="deploy-on-github-io">
<span id="id2"></span><h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id9" role="doc-backlink">deploy on github.io</a><a class="headerlink" href="#deploy-on-github-io" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h3>
<p>To deploy documentation at <a class="extlink-docs reference external" href="https://docs.searxng.org//.">github.io</a> use Makefile target <a class="reference internal" href="makefile.html#make-docs-gh-pages"><span class="std std-ref">make docs.gh-pages</span></a>, which builds the documentation and runs all the needed git add,
commit and push:</p>
<div class="highlight-sh notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>$<span class="w"> </span>make<span class="w"> </span>docs.clean<span class="w"> </span>docs.gh-pages
</pre></div>
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<div class="admonition attention">
<p class="admonition-title">Attention</p>
<p>If you are working in your own brand, don’t forget to adjust your
<a class="reference internal" href="../admin/settings/settings_brand.html#settings-brand"><span class="std std-ref">brand:</span></a>.</p>
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