Haiku=======================**[Homepage](https://www.haiku-os.org/)| [Mailing Lists](https://www.haiku-os.org/community/ml)| [IRC Channels](https://www.haiku-os.org/community/irc)| [Issue Tracker](https://dev.haiku-os.org/)| [API docs](https://api.haiku-os.org)**Haiku is an open-source operating system that specifically targets personalcomputing. Inspired by the BeOS, Haiku is fast, simple to use, easy to learnand yet very powerful.Goals------------* Sensible defaults with minimal configuration required.* Clean, clear, concise code.* Unified desktop environment.Trying Haiku---------------Haiku provides pre-built [nightly images](http://download.haiku-os.org/) and[release images](https://www.haiku-os.org/get-haiku). Haiku is compatiblewith a large variety of hardware, but in case you don't want to "take theplunge" and install Haiku on bare metal, you can install it on a virtualmachine (VM) instead. If you've never used a VM before, you can follow one ofthe ["Emulating Haiku"](https://www.haiku-os.org/guides/virtualizing/) guides.Compiling Haiku---------------See `ReadMe.Compiling`.Contributing-------------------Haiku is a meritocratic open source project with a large variety of tasks. Evenif you can't write code, *you can still help*! Haiku needs designers,(technical) writers, translators, testers... [Get involved](https://www.haiku-os.org/community/getting-involved/)and help out!### Contributing codeIf you're submitting a patch to us, please make sure you're following the[patch submitting guidelines](https://dev.haiku-os.org/wiki/CodingGuidelines/SubmittingPatches).If you're having trouble finding something in the source tree, you can useone of our web-based source code browsers:* https://grok.nikisoft.one/opengrok/ (OpenGrok, provided by Niklas Poslovski)* https://git.haiku-os.org/ (git, provided by Haiku, Inc.)### Contributing documentationThe main piece of documentation that still needs work are the API docs (foundin the tree at `docs/user`). Just find an undocumented class, writedocumentation for it, and [submit a patch](https://dev.haiku-os.org/wiki/CodingGuidelines/SubmittingPatches).### Contributing translationsSee [wiki:i18n](https://dev.haiku-os.org/wiki/i18n).### Contributing software portsSee [HaikuPorts](https://github.com/haikuports/haikuports/).### Contributing to our infrastructureSee [Infrastructure](https://github.com/haiku/infrastructure/).