Community & Contributing

OpenLithoHub is built by researchers, for researchers. Join our growing community and help shape the future of open-source computational lithography.

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How to Contribute

  1. 1. Fork the repository and create a feature branch
  2. 2. Implement your changes with tests
  3. 3. Run pytest tests/ -v and ruff check src/
  4. 4. Submit a pull request with a clear description
Read CONTRIBUTING.md
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Communication Channels

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Discord — launching 2026-Q3

English-first server with channels for model discussion, physics simulation, help, and showcase. Open an issue to be notified when the invite goes live.

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GitHub Discussions

Ask questions, share ideas, and connect with other contributors.

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GitHub Issues

Report bugs, request features, or propose enhancements.

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Email

Reach the core team for collaboration or partnership inquiries.
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Citing OpenLithoHub

If you use OpenLithoHub in your research, please cite our work:

@software{openlithohub2026,
  title = {OpenLithoHub: Computational Lithography Benchmarking and Workflow Toolkit},
  author = {OpenLithoHub Contributors},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://github.com/OpenLithoHub/OpenLithoHub},
  license = {Apache-2.0}
}
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Community Etiquette

A small set of norms keeps the discussion technical, reproducible, and welcoming. The full list — reproducibility before claims, no closed-source tool screenshots without context, English-first but multilingual-friendly, no proprietary data leaks — lives in the docs.

Read the etiquette guide