Contributing

Contributions are welcome and greatly appreciated!

You can contribute in many ways:

Please ensure you follow our Code of Conduct.

Types of Contributions

Report Bugs

Report bugs at https://github.com/nikhiljohn10/scapy/issues.

If you are reporting a bug, please include:

  • Your operating system name and version, if applicable.

  • Any details about your local setup that might be helpful in troubleshooting.

  • Detailed steps to reproduce the bug.

Fix Bugs

Look through the GitHub issues for bugs. Anything tagged with “bug” and “help wanted” is open to whoever wants to implement it.

Implement Features

Look through the GitHub issues for features. Anything tagged with “enhancement” and “help wanted” is open to whoever wants to implement it.

Write Documentation

scapy could always use more documentation, whether as part of the official scapy docs, in docstrings, or even on the web in blog posts.

Submit Feedback

The best way to send feedback is to file an issue at https://github.com/nikhiljohn10/scapy/issues.

If you are proposing a feature:

  • Explain in detail how it would work.

  • Keep the scope as narrow as possible, to make it easier to implement.

  • Remember that this is a volunteer-driven project, and that contributions are welcome :)