Developers

Below is an index of Developer-centric pages and resources. Keep in mind that this is still being re-worked, and will be further cleaned up in due time.

Getting Started

Everything you need to know about getting started. This is a great little resource hub for people who are just starting out, and just about to contribute to the DIASPORA* project for the very first time.

Contributor License Agreement

The Diaspora CLA is a helpful agreement between Diaspora Inc, the core developers, and any community contributors. It states the scope of community open-source licenses used within the project, and the nature of the relationship between the core developers and community contributors You can sign it here

Message Semantics

This gives an in-depth explanation of how messages are passed on the Diaspora platform from one pod to another. Specifically, it dives into the semantics of what all goes in to a single status update, comment, or private message.

Federation Protocol

With Diaspora, understanding the way our pods federate and work together is essential for getting a better idea of how the system works, and how the DIASPORA* network works as a whole.