Contributing

Keep Ludarium changes portable, legally redistributable and safe for private libraries.

Branch from the protected default branch.
Use synthetic metadata and homebrew/public-domain fixtures; do not commit ROMs, firmware, keys, private library databases or account data.
Document the origin, license and checksum expectations for emulator components, icons, metadata sources and any bundled asset.
Keep player URLs, bind addresses and storage roots configurable; examples must not contain operator-specific infrastructure.
Add tests for behavioural changes and run the documented .NET, frontend, container and managed validation gates.
Explain schema, migration, content, player-isolation, security and deployment impact in the pull request.

Report vulnerabilities according to SECURITY.md.