Contributing

Contributing

Thanks for your interest in contributing to GameAtlas.

GameAtlas is an open-source PC gaming companion for Windows and Linux. Contributions are welcome across code, documentation, testing, bug reports, feature suggestions, and platform-specific improvements.

You do not need to be an expert in every part of the project to contribute.

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Ways to Contribute

You can help GameAtlas by:

• Reporting bugs
• Suggesting features
• Improving documentation
• Testing Windows builds
• Testing Linux builds
• Testing game detection
• Testing launcher support
• Improving hardware detection
• Improving controller detection
• Improving performance diagnostics
• Adding platform-specific fixes
• Submitting code changes

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Before You Start

Before opening an issue or pull request:

1. Check whether the problem or feature already has an existing issue.
2. Confirm you are testing with a recent GameAtlas version.
3. Reproduce the issue if possible.
4. Collect useful logs, screenshots, or error messages.
5. Identify whether the issue is Windows-specific, Linux-specific, or cross-platform.

Clear reproduction information makes problems much easier to investigate.

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Reporting Bugs

Bug reports are valuable, especially when they include enough information to reproduce the issue.

A good bug report should include:

• GameAtlas version
• Operating system
• Distribution, if using Linux
• Game title, if applicable
• Launcher or installation source
• Expected behavior
• Actual behavior
• Steps to reproduce
• Error messages
• Screenshots when useful

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Example Bug Report

GameAtlas version:
Operating system:
Linux distribution, if applicable:

Game:
Launcher:

Problem:

Expected behavior:

Actual behavior:

Steps to reproduce:
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3.

Error message:

Additional information: