Contributing - Plasma Bigscreen

This article describes how you can contribute to Plasma Bigscreen, take part in its design and development. This page addresses a wider range of skills, each paragraph explains how to get you going from a different starting point. Where else do you have the opportunity to shape a complete TV software environment?
The Plasma Bigscreen shell is hosted on the KDE Invent GitLab.
See this page in the docs on developing the shell.
Consider joining the Plasma Bigscreen Matrix channel in order to get in touch with other developers.
For designers, the Visual Design Group Matrix channel is a great place to start discussions about designs, and getting in touch with other designers. You can pick up ideas from there, and post feedback or even your own designs to get input from others.
Reporting bugs is an helpful way to help making Plasma Bigscreen better without the need to know how to code.
See this page in the docs.
Standard Linux applications will work just fine in Plasma Bigscreen. However, you may need to introduce support for arrow key navigation for usability with game controllers and TV remotes.
We do not yet have a standard application development framework for TVs at KDE. You can use standard application frameworks such as Qt, GTK, and Electron.
Consider publishing your application to Flathub so that it is widely available across Linux distributions.
See this page in the docs for more info.
We love your effort to bring Plasma Bigscreen to a wider audience, and we're ready to help you with that. If you would like to offer Plasma Bigscreen on a not-yet supported Linux distribution, the following information is useful:
Do let us know of your efforts on the Matrix channel or Plasma mailing list, so we can help you to get going and provide advice that may save yourself time and headaches.
Great! We always need help. In order to find something that you find fun and rewarding to work on, a good first step is to find out which itch you have with Plasma Bigscreen, and how it can be scratched. What's nagging you? Now give us a shout-out, best via the Plasma mailing list. You can also make yourself known in the Matrix channel. There's plenty to do, tasks for every skill and level, and you'll find it's fun to work on and learn from each other.
Consider also checking out open issues for Plasma Bigscreen projects on Gitlab.
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