# Contributing to apex 🎯
Thank you for your interest in contributing to apex!
## 🚧 Project Status
This project is in **early development**. We're building the foundation for cross-compilation automation.
## 🤝 How to Contribute
### Reporting Issues
- **Bugs**: Describe the issue, steps to reproduce, expected vs actual behavior
- **Feature Requests**: Explain the use case and proposed solution
- **Target Support**: Request new platforms with toolchain details
### Code Contributions
1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (`git checkout -b feature/amazing`)
3. Make your changes
4. Add tests
5. Run `cargo test` and `cargo clippy`
6. Commit (`git commit -m 'Add amazing feature'`)
7. Push (`git push origin feature/amazing`)
8. Open a Pull Request
## 📋 Development Setup
```bash
# Clone
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/apex
cd apex
# Build
cargo build
# Run
cargo run -- --help
# Test
cargo test
# Lint
cargo clippy
```
## 🎯 Areas Needing Help
- [ ] Target detection logic
- [ ] Toolchain installation automation
- [ ] Container runtime integration
- [ ] Native dependency management
- [ ] Documentation and examples
- [ ] Testing on different platforms
## 📝 Code Style
- Follow Rust conventions (`cargo fmt`)
- Pass `cargo clippy` without warnings
- Add docs for public APIs
- Include tests for new features
## 🧪 Testing
Test on multiple platforms when possible:
- Linux (x86_64, ARM)
- Windows (native, WSL)
- macOS (Intel, Apple Silicon)
## 📜 License
By contributing, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under MIT OR Apache-2.0.