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The Human Layer of the Stack
Welcome to the [dev.to](https://dev.to) codebase. We are so excited to have you.
With your help, we can build out DEV to be more stable and better serve our
community.
## What is dev.to?
[dev.to](https://dev.to) (or just DEV) is a platform where software developers
write articles, take part in discussions, and build their professional profiles.
We value supportive and constructive dialogue in the pursuit of great code and
career growth for all members. The ecosystem spans from beginner to advanced
developers, and all are welcome to find their place within our community. ❤️
## Table of Contents
- [What is dev.to?](#what-is-devto)
- [Table of Contents](#table-of-contents)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
- [Getting Started](#getting-started)
- [Prerequisites](#prerequisites)
- [Installation Documentation](#installation-documentation)
- [Developer Documentation](#developer-documentation)
- [Core team](#core-team)
- [Vulnerability disclosure](#vulnerability-disclosure)
- [License](#license)
## Contributing
We encourage you to contribute to dev.to! Please check out the
[Contributing to dev.to guide](CONTRIBUTING.md) for guidelines about how to
proceed.
## Getting Started
This section provides a high-level quick start guide. If you're looking for the
[installation guide](https://docs.dev.to/installation/), you'll want to refer to
our complete [Developer Documentation](https://docs.dev.to).
We run on a [Rails](https://rubyonrails.org/) backend, and we are currently
transitioning to a [Preact](https://preactjs.com/)-first frontend.
A more complete overview of our stack is available in
[our docs](https://docs.dev.to/technical-overview/).
### Prerequisites
- [Ruby](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/): we recommend using
[rbenv](https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv) to install the Ruby version listed on
the badge.
- [Yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/): please refer to their
[installation guide](https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install).
- [PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org/) 9.4 or higher.
- [ImageMagick](https://imagemagick.org/): please refer to ImageMagick's
[installation instructions](https://imagemagick.org/script/download.php)
(macOS users can install ImageMagick with `brew install imagemagick`.).
- [Redis](https://redis.io/)
### Installation Documentation
[View Full Installation Documentation](https://docs.dev.to/installation/)
## Developer Documentation
[Check out our dedicated docs page for more technical documentation.](https://docs.dev.to)
## Core team
- [@benhalpern](https://dev.to/ben)
- [@jessleenyc](https://dev.to/jess)
- [@peterkimfrank](https://dev.to/peter)
- [@maestromac](https://dev.to/maestromac)
- [@zhao-andy](https://dev.to/andy)
- [@lightalloy](https://dev.to/lightalloy)
- [@rhymes](https://dev.to/rhymes)
- [@jacobherrington](https://dev.to/jacobherrington)
- [@mstruve](https://dev.to/molly_struve)
- [@atsmith813](https://dev.to/atsmith813)
- [@citizen428](https://dev.to/citizen428)
- [@nickytonline](https://dev.to/nickytonline)
- [@joshpuetz](http://dev.to/joshpuetz)
- [@vaidehijoshi](https://dev.to/vaidehijoshi)
- [@juliannatetreault](https://dev.to/juliannatetreault)
- [@ridhwana](https://dev.to/ridhwana)
- [@fdoxyz](https://dev.to/fdoxyz)
## Vulnerability disclosure
We welcome security research on DEV under the terms of our
[vulnerability disclosure policy](https://dev.to/security).
## License
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free
Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
later version. Please see the [LICENSE](./LICENSE.md) file in our repository for
the full text.
Like many open source projects, we require that contributors provide us with a
Contributor License Agreement (CLA). By submitting code to the DEV project, you
are granting us a right to use that code under the terms of the CLA.
Our version of the CLA was adapted from the Microsoft Contributor License
Agreement, which they generously made available to the public domain under
Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
Any questions, please refer to our [license FAQ](https://docs.dev.to/licensing/)
doc or email yo@dev.to
Happy Coding ❤️