{"meta":{"title":"Setting up your project for healthy contributions","intro":"Repository maintainers can set contributing guidelines to help collaborators make meaningful, useful contributions to a project.","product":"Building communities","breadcrumbs":[{"href":"/en/communities","title":"Building communities"},{"href":"/en/communities/setting-up-your-project-for-healthy-contributions","title":"Healthy contributions"}],"documentType":"category"},"body":"# Setting up your project for healthy contributions\n\nRepository maintainers can set contributing guidelines to help collaborators make meaningful, useful contributions to a project.\n\n## Links\n\n* [About community management and moderation](/en/communities/setting-up-your-project-for-healthy-contributions/about-community-management-and-moderation)\n\n  GitHub offers tools that help repository maintainers establish and enforce standards of behavior in their communities on GitHub.\n\n* [About community profiles for public repositories](/en/communities/setting-up-your-project-for-healthy-contributions/about-community-profiles-for-public-repositories)\n\n  Repository maintainers can review their public repository's community profile to learn how they can help grow their community and support contributors. Contributors can view a public repository's community profile to see if they want to contribute to the project.\n\n* [Accessing a project's community profile](/en/communities/setting-up-your-project-for-healthy-contributions/accessing-a-projects-community-profile)\n\n  View a public repository's community profile to check on a project's health and decide if you want to contribute.\n\n* [Adding a code of conduct to your project](/en/communities/setting-up-your-project-for-healthy-contributions/adding-a-code-of-conduct-to-your-project)\n\n  Adopt a code of conduct to define community standards, signal a welcoming and inclusive project, and outline procedures for handling abuse.\n\n* [Setting guidelines for repository contributors](/en/communities/setting-up-your-project-for-healthy-contributions/setting-guidelines-for-repository-contributors)\n\n  You can create guidelines to communicate how people should contribute to your project.\n\n* [Adding a license to a repository](/en/communities/setting-up-your-project-for-healthy-contributions/adding-a-license-to-a-repository)\n\n  You can include an open source license in your repository to make it easier for other people to contribute.\n\n* [Adding support resources to your project](/en/communities/setting-up-your-project-for-healthy-contributions/adding-support-resources-to-your-project)\n\n  You can create a SUPPORT file to let people know about ways to get help with your project.\n\n* [Creating a default community health file](/en/communities/setting-up-your-project-for-healthy-contributions/creating-a-default-community-health-file)\n\n  You can create default community health files, such as CONTRIBUTING and CODE\\_OF\\_CONDUCT. Default files will be used for any repository owned by the account that does not contain its own file of that type.\n\n* [Encouraging helpful contributions to your project with labels](/en/communities/setting-up-your-project-for-healthy-contributions/encouraging-helpful-contributions-to-your-project-with-labels)\n\n  Apply the good first issue label to issues in your repository to highlight opportunities for people to contribute to your project."}