# Credits & Contributing

## Credits

Huge thanks to everyone who uses, supports, and/or contributes to flutter\_map in any way, you've helped make the most popular non-commercially aimed mapping solution for Flutter!

In particular, thanks go to:

* All the current maintainers:
  * @ibrierley
  * @JaffaKetchup
  * @mootw (previously @MooNag)
  * @TesteurManiak
  * @josxha
* All the previous maintainers:
  * John P Ryan - the original founder of this project, over at AppTree Software
  * @kengu
  * @maRci002
* The authors of this documentation:
  * @JaffaKetchup
* Anyone who has contributed to making flutter\_map: [Contributor List](https://github.com/fleaflet/flutter_map/graphs/contributors)
* Anyone who has made plugins for flutter\_map: [Plugins List](/v6/plugins/list.md)
* Anyone who has donated to flutter\_map: [Supporters](/v6/supporters.md#past-supporters)

## Contributing

We're always happy to receive improvements and fixes, so please submit them whenever you can! A few key points are listed below.

{% hint style="info" %}
Many feature additions are more suitable for plugins, instead of being added to the core.  This is aimed to reduce the future maintenance burden/cost on the maintainers.

If we deny your PR for this reason, please do consider publishing a plugin, and we'll be happy to add it to the [Plugins List](/v6/plugins/list.md)! See [Creating A Plugin](/v6/plugins/making-a-plugin.md) for more information.
{% endhint %}

* **If your PR will add a major or breaking change, please discuss it with us first, via the Issue Tracker**\
  We don't want to waste your time if we think it's more appropriate for a plugin, and it helps to make a clear plan before starting work
* **Create a draft PR as soon as work starts, and take it out of draft status when ready for review**\
  Keep everyone in the loop, so no-one tries working on the same thing as you
* **Don't change the package version, GitHub workflows, lints, or any other meta files without clarification**\
  We rely on a standardized process and procedure to ensure top-quality releases
* **Use a clear (preferably** [**Conventional**](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/)**) PR title**\
  This makes it easier for us to group commits for release and write correct CHANGELOGs

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