Contributing Guidelines

If you are a first time contributor, start by reading this fantastic guide.

Read the docs

Get familliar with the stack

Backend:

• Django
• Celery
• Blazegraph

Frontend:

• React
• React Router
• MUI

Development setup

For development purposes, you need to have a working Python and Rust installation.

• Set up local databases (See database setup)
• Install Rust and Python
• Build BOLD cli tools: make release-tools
• Install Poetry
• Install necessary dependencies: poetry install
• Run worker application: make start_worker
• Run backend server: make start_backend
• Run docs server: make start_docs
• Open the BOLD web interface: http://localhost:8000/

For further information proceed to Architechture guide.