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Occasionally, you may need to refer to our older documentation over on MuseScore.org. This includes the Developers' handbook, which is at some points slightly outdated, but which may still contain useful tips, including:
- Extensive per-platform instructions about building the 3.x branch, which may also help you in case of trouble building the master branch
- A suggested Git Workflow
- Information about Google Summer of Code
- Tips about IDE configuration
For information about other ways to contribute, see https://musescore.org/en/contribute. This page contains information about:
- User support
- Documentation of the MuseScore app
- Translating
- Testing
- Writing plugins
If you have questions, you are invited to join the official MuseScore Developers Discord Server.
Testing
- Manual testing
- Automatic testing
Translation
Compilation
- Set up developer environment
- Install Qt and Qt Creator
- Get MuseScore's source code
- Install dependencies
- Compile on the command line
- Compile in Qt Creator
Beyond compiling
Misc. development
Architecture general
- Architecture overview
- AppShell
- Modularity
- Interact workflow
- Channels and Notifications
- Settings and Configuration
- Error handling
- Launcher and Interactive
- Keyboard Navigation
Audio
Engraving
- Style settings
- Working with style files
- Style parameter changes for 4.0
- Style parameter changes for 4.1
- Style parameter changes for 4.2
- Style parameter changes for 4.3
- Style parameter changes for 4.4
Extensions
- Extensions overview
- Manifest
- Forms
- Macros
- Api
- Legacy plugin API
Google Summer of Code
References