# Contributing to Inference-X

Thank you for your interest in Inference-X! We welcome contributions from everyone — whether you're fixing a typo, optimizing a kernel, or porting to new hardware.

## How to contribute

1. **Fork** the repository
2. **Create a branch** for your change (`git checkout -b feature/my-improvement`)
3. **Make your changes** — keep commits focused and descriptive
4. **Test** — make sure `make` succeeds and basic inference works
5. **Submit a pull request** with a clear description of what and why

## What we're looking for

### High-impact contributions
- **Backend performance** — Faster GEMM kernels for existing platforms
- **New backends** — RISC-V, custom ASICs, new accelerators
- **Model architectures** — Support for new transformer variants
- **Quantization** — New formats, better quality at lower bits

### Always welcome
- Bug fixes
- Documentation improvements
- Test scripts and benchmarks on diverse hardware
- Translations of documentation
- Examples and tutorials

### Good first issues
- Run benchmarks on your hardware and share results
- Test with models we haven't tried
- Improve error messages
- Add code comments

## Code style

- C++17, no external dependencies
- One function does one thing
- Comments explain *why*, not *what*
- No frameworks, no build tools beyond Make

## Communication

- **Issues** — Bug reports and feature requests
- **Pull Requests** — Code contributions
- **Email** — [Elmadani.SALKA@proton.me](mailto:Elmadani.SALKA@proton.me) for private matters

## License

By contributing, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under BSL-1.1 (transitioning to Apache 2.0 in 2030).

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*Every contribution makes AI more accessible. Thank you for being part of this.*