# \#contributing **URL:** https://forums.swift.org/tag/contributing/259.md [Latest](https://forums.swift.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.swift.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forums.swift.org/tags.md) --- ## [Exploring contribution opportunities around Swift Testing \[feedback on GSoC proposal\]](https://forums.swift.org/t/exploring-contribution-opportunities-around-swift-testing-feedback-on-gsoc-proposal/86401)
**Author:** [@Demian](https://forums.swift.org/u/Demian)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2026, 5:57am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/exploring-contribution-opportunities-around-swift-testing-feedback-on-gsoc-proposal/86401 "2026-05-05T05:57:30Z")
Hello Swift Community ! :) My name is Demian Yoo. I’m a student from South Korea who studied at Apple Developer Academy @ POSTECH, and I’m currently studying to become an iOS developer. Along the way, I’ve become more i… --- ## [Opened PR to Add \`Codable\` to IndexStoreDB. What's Next?](https://forums.swift.org/t/opened-pr-to-add-codable-to-indexstoredb-whats-next/80159)
**Author:** [@moshe-foreflight](https://forums.swift.org/u/moshe-foreflight)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/opened-pr-to-add-codable-to-indexstoredb-whats-next/80159 "2025-05-28T08:23:33Z")
Hey there! I've opened a PR (#248) to add Codable to indexstore-db to address an issue I filed a few months ago. What's the proper protocol for getting something like this discussed and hopefully merged? I've read the … --- ## [New contributor feedback & development workflow advice](https://forums.swift.org/t/new-contributor-feedback-development-workflow-advice/74992)
**Author:** [@jamieQ](https://forums.swift.org/u/jamieQ)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/new-contributor-feedback-development-workflow-advice/74992 "2024-10-04T14:37:08Z")
hello all – i relatively recently have been trying to become more comfortable navigating the compiler and stdlib, so that i can contribute to them in various ways. i feel i've made decent progress in this endeavor, but t… --- ## [What is the policy for including third-party licensed dependencies in Swift repositories?](https://forums.swift.org/t/what-is-the-policy-for-including-third-party-licensed-dependencies-in-swift-repositories/74830)
**Author:** [@iCMDdev](https://forums.swift.org/u/iCMDdev)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/what-is-the-policy-for-including-third-party-licensed-dependencies-in-swift-repositories/74830 "2024-09-22T22:02:23Z")
Hi! I was able to fix an issue I had with the pico-blink-sdk example on certain boards and SDK versions (RP2040 / RP2350 on RISC-V cores on the new Pico 2.0.0 SDK), but the current fix requires a file licensed BSD-3-Cla… --- ## [Project rebuild is accompanied by linking error](https://forums.swift.org/t/project-rebuild-is-accompanied-by-linking-error/69456)
**Author:** [@Pogosito](https://forums.swift.org/u/Pogosito)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/project-rebuild-is-accompanied-by-linking-error/69456 "2024-01-19T14:31:27Z")
Hi Swift forum Swift-compiler project is not built At first everything was fine, after another build increment, the project stopped being built (I just added LLVM\_DEBUG(dbgs() \<\< "Here" \<\< "\\n"; and added -debug argume… --- ## [I'm not sure how to contribute a PR. Could you please help me?](https://forums.swift.org/t/im-not-sure-how-to-contribute-a-pr-could-you-please-help-me/68835)
**Author:** [@Kobe24](https://forums.swift.org/u/Kobe24)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/im-not-sure-how-to-contribute-a-pr-could-you-please-help-me/68835 "2023-12-07T19:52:58Z")
Hello, I am "Kobe" from South Korea, currently studying Swift and iOS development. (I chose the nickname Kobe because I'm a big fan of the basketball player Kobe Bryant.) I have a question regarding whether I need to r… --- ## [Help with build project](https://forums.swift.org/t/help-with-build-project/66597)
**Author:** [@Pogosito](https://forums.swift.org/u/Pogosito)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 4:01am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/help-with-build-project/66597 "2023-11-07T04:01:12Z")
It's quite non-trivial to build a project for the first time in Xcode, please tell me if I'm doing something wrong https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/main/docs/HowToGuides/GettingStarted.md#using-ninja-with-xcode? (I m… --- ## [Missing files after building the project: libLLVMDemangle.a and libLLVMSupport.a](https://forums.swift.org/t/missing-files-after-building-the-project-libllvmdemangle-a-and-libllvmsupport-a/66873)
**Author:** [@JasminiSantos](https://forums.swift.org/u/JasminiSantos)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/missing-files-after-building-the-project-libllvmdemangle-a-and-libllvmsupport-a/66873 "2023-08-25T17:06:32Z")
Hello everyone! I am new to contributing to Swift and I have tried to build the project in my machine, but I am getting a few errors and I don't know how to fix them. I built the project using the script in this documen… --- ## [Swift \`main\` built for debug: LLDB \`expression\` crashes in Swift context](https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-main-built-for-debug-lldb-expression-crashes-in-swift-context/66905)
**Author:** [@stuchlej](https://forums.swift.org/u/stuchlej)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2023, 10:30pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-main-built-for-debug-lldb-expression-crashes-in-swift-context/66905 "2023-08-25T22:30:35Z")
Hello, I'm trying to get better understanding of expression evaluation in Swift contexts. I have built the toolchain main branches in debug mode using: $ utils/build-script --debug --skip-early-swift-driver --skip-earl… --- ## [New contributors TEAM UP](https://forums.swift.org/t/new-contributors-team-up/66390)
**Author:** [@szhang1992](https://forums.swift.org/u/szhang1992)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/new-contributors-team-up/66390 "2023-07-27T16:50:42Z")
Hi Swift Community, I'm Simon Zhang, previously worked in Meta as a IOS developer, a newcomer to Swift with several years of iOS experience. However, finding the right channels for in-depth discussions and problem-solvi… --- ## [How to get started with contributing to Swift as a beginner](https://forums.swift.org/t/how-to-get-started-with-contributing-to-swift-as-a-beginner/61501)
**Author:** [@ishaanbedi](https://forums.swift.org/u/ishaanbedi)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/how-to-get-started-with-contributing-to-swift-as-a-beginner/61501 "2023-07-27T14:31:12Z")
Hi there! I'm a new open-source contributor and I'm looking forward to contributing to Swift. I'm comfortable with using and understanding Swift as the programming language for my projects and I have a good understandi… --- ## [Incremental build with Ninja results to - no work to do](https://forums.swift.org/t/incremental-build-with-ninja-results-to-no-work-to-do/65955)
**Author:** [@kthorat](https://forums.swift.org/u/kthorat)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2023, 10:48am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/incremental-build-with-ninja-results-to-no-work-to-do/65955 "2023-07-03T10:48:30Z")
I have followed Getting Started to build swift (ninja & sccache) and created a Xcode project for Standard Library. Building swift-stdlib-tool with Xcode works. I have made a change to a swift/stdlib/public/core/Bool.swi… --- ## [Contribution help - Unit testing indexStoreDB](https://forums.swift.org/t/contribution-help-unit-testing-indexstoredb/26264)
**Author:** [@literalpie](https://forums.swift.org/u/literalpie)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2019, 3:52am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/contribution-help-unit-testing-indexstoredb/26264 "2019-06-27T03:52:59Z")
I might be interested in tackling this starterBug. If the first step is exposing the functionality from indexstore-db, I could use some guidance on how to test the functionality. There are only a few unit tests and they …