# Contributing
We welcome and encourage third-party contributions to BLAKE3, be it reports of issues encountered while using the software or proposals of patches.
## Bug reports
Bugs and other problems should be reported on [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/BLAKE3/BLAKE3/issues).
If you report a bug, please:
* Check that it's not already reported in the [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/BLAKE3/BLAKE3/issues).
* Provide information to help us diagnose and ideally reproduce the bug.
## Patches
We encourage you to fix a bug via a [GitHub Pull request](https://github.com/BLAKE3/BLAKE3/pulls), preferably after creating a related issue and referring it in the PR.
If you contribute code and submit a patch, please note the following:
* We use Rust's stable branch for developing BLAKE3.
* Pull requests should target the `master` branch.
* Try to follow the established Rust [style guidelines](https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.0.0/style/).
Also please make sure to create new unit tests covering your code additions. You can execute the tests by running:
```bash
cargo test
```
All third-party contributions will be recognized in the list of contributors.