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Writing documentation

We always need help to improve the documentation, be it the class reference orthe manual. Below, you can find our content and writing guidelines andconcrete guides to make changes to the documentation.

Be sure to also check theworkflow guidelines,especially if you're new to using Git or GitHub.

Guidelines

Here are the principles and guidelines we strive to follow to write accessibledocumentation.

Writing the manual

These articles explain how to contribute to this very documentation, andhow to build the online version locally for testing.

Class reference guides

The pages below focus on the class reference.

As the reference is included in the Godot editor, its source files are part ofthegodot repository. We use XML filesto write it, so the process to contribute to the class reference differs fromwriting the online manual.

Translating the documentation

The community is always working hard on making Godot and its documentationavailable to more people. Localizing the documentation is a colossal and ongoingeffort you can be part of.