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+# Contribution guidelines
+
+First off, thank you for considering contributing to multiwan-dyndns.
+
+If your contribution is not straightforward, please first discuss the change you
+wish to make by creating a new issue before making the change.
+
+## Reporting issues
+
+Before reporting an issue on the
+[issue tracker](https://github.com/guspower/multiwan-dyndns/issues),
+please check that it has not already been reported by searching for some related
+keywords.
+
+## Pull requests
+
+Try to do one pull request per change.
+
+### Updating the changelog
+
+Update the changes you have made in
+[CHANGELOG](https://github.com/guspower/multiwan-dyndns/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
+file under the **Unreleased** section.
+
+Add the changes of your pull request to one of the following subsections,
+depending on the types of changes defined by
+[Keep a changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/):
+
+- `Added` for new features.
+- `Changed` for changes in existing functionality.
+- `Deprecated` for soon-to-be removed features.
+- `Removed` for now removed features.
+- `Fixed` for any bug fixes.
+- `Security` in case of vulnerabilities.
+
+If the required subsection does not exist yet under **Unreleased**, create it!
+
+## Developing
+
+### Set up
+
+This is no different than other Rust projects.
+
+```shell
+git clone https://github.com/guspower/multiwan-dyndns
+cd multiwan-dyndns
+cargo test
+```
+
+### Useful Commands
+
+- Build and run release version:
+
+  ```shell
+  cargo build --release && cargo run --release
+  ```
+
+- Run Clippy:
+
+  ```shell
+  cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features --workspace
+  ```
+
+- Run all tests:
+
+  ```shell
+  cargo test --all-features --workspace
+  ```
+
+- Check to see if there are code formatting issues
+
+  ```shell
+  cargo fmt --all -- --check
+  ```
+
+- Format the code in the project
+
+  ```shell
+  cargo fmt --all
+  ```