> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.flatredball.com/gum/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.flatredball.com/gum/contributing/contributing.md).

# Contributing

This section collects guidance for people who build, release, and maintain Gum itself — as opposed to using Gum in a project.

* [Building and Releasing Gum](/gum/contributing/contributing/building-and-releasing-gum.md) — how to publish the Gum NuGet packages and cut a new release of the Gum tool, including release-notes generation, the GitHub Actions workflows, and post-release announcements.

## See also

Contributing guidance for extending Gum in code lives alongside the code reference:

* [Gum Tool Code (Contributing and Plugins)](/gum/code/gum-tool-code-contributing-and-plugins.md) — the tool-side classes (`DataUiGrid`, `ElementSave`, `GumProjectSave`, and friends) you work with when writing plugins or contributing to the editor.


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