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Care is an open-source Electronic Medical Record (EMR) platform for managing patients, health workers, and hospitals. It is built and maintained in the open, and contributions of every kind are welcome — code, documentation, bug reports, and translations.<br />
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This guide is for developers who want to run Care locally, understand how it fits together, and submit changes back upstream.<br />
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{{Tip|title=New here?|1=If you're looking for product or operator documentation rather than the contributor workflow, start at the [[Documentation|core documentation home]].}}<br />
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== The two repositories ==<br />
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Care is split across two repositories under the [<nowiki/>https://github.com/ohcnetwork <code>ohcnetwork</code>] GitHub organization:<br />
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! What it is<br />
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| [<nowiki/>https://github.com/ohcnetwork/care <code>ohcnetwork/care</code>]<br />
| Django REST Framework (Python)<br />
| The backend — the API, data model, and business logic for patients, facilities, and users.<br />
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| [<nowiki/>https://github.com/ohcnetwork/care_fe <code>ohcnetwork/care_fe</code>]<br />
| React + TypeScript<br />
| The frontend — the web application that talks to the backend API.<br />
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The frontend is a separate app that points at a running backend, so most full-stack work involves running both repositories side by side.<br />
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== How this guide is organized ==<br />
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* '''Local development''' — get each side of the stack running on your machine:<br />
** [[Contributing/Local development/Backend setup|Backend setup]] — the Django REST Framework API.<br />
** [[Contributing/Local development/Frontend setup|Frontend setup]] — the React + TypeScript app.<br />
** [[Contributing/Local development/Nix development environment|Nix dev environment]] — a reproducible, all-in-one development shell.<br />
* [[Contributing/Plugin system|'''Plugins''']] — extend Care with pluggable apps without forking it.<br />
* [[Contributing/Contribution workflow|'''Contribution workflow''']] — branching, pull requests, reviews, and how changes get merged.<br />
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== Prerequisites ==<br />
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You should be comfortable with:<br />
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* '''Git and GitHub''' — cloning, branching, and opening pull requests.<br />
* '''Basic web development''' — running a local dev server and editing application code.<br />
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You don't need prior healthcare-domain knowledge to make your first contribution. The local-development guides cover the language- and tooling-specific setup for each repository.<br />
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== Where to get help ==<br />
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* '''Community Slack''' — join the OHC community at [<nowiki/>https://slack.ohc.network slack.ohc.network] to ask questions and reach maintainers.<br />
* '''Good first issues''' — browse issues labelled [<nowiki/>https://github.com/ohcnetwork/care/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22 <code>good first issue</code>] or [<nowiki/>https://github.com/ohcnetwork/care/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22help+wanted%22 <code>help wanted</code>] for a curated starting point. Comment on an issue to let maintainers know you're picking it up.<br />
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{{Note|title=Code of Conduct|1=All participation in the Care community is governed by the [<nowiki/>https://github.com/ohcnetwork/care/blob/develop/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct]. Please read it before contributing.}}<br />
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