College Student Looking to Contribute to Krita Development

[halla at valdyas.org]

Hi Shreya,

The biggest hurdle is usually getting Krita built. We have guides here:

https://docs.krita.org/en/untranslatable_pages/building_krita.html

If you have questions, you should There is also a matrix mirror: 
webchat.kde.org.

After that, depending on preferences, take either a look at 
plugins/python and check 
https://scripting.krita.org/lessons/introduction to see what's what. 
Implementing a feature you want in Python should be pretty easy! If 
you're into C++, check in on IRC and discuss what you'd like to do, 
there's a lot!

Cheers,

Halla

After that,

On 2025-07-24 05:48, Shreya Chati wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> My name is Shreya, and I'm currently a computer science undergraduate
> at the University of California, Santa Barbara. I'm also an artist,
> and have been exclusively using Krita for all my digital art since
> 2018-- it's such an incredible tool, and I really want to start
> contributing to its development!
> 
> However, I'm more experienced in small app development and have never
> contributed to such a large program with such a vast code base, and
> I'm unsure about where to start. Would I be able to get some guidance
> about simple things I can begin with?
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated; looking forward to hearing from
> you!
> 
> Best,
> Shreya Chati