

You can contribute in many ways:

Types of Contributions

Report Bugs

Report bugs at

If you are reporting a bug, please include:

  • Your operating system name and version.
  • Detailed steps to reproduce the bug.

Fix Bugs

Look through the GitHub issues for bugs. Anything tagged with “bug” and “help wanted” is open to whoever wants to implement it.

Implement Features

Look through the GitHub issues for features. Anything tagged with “enhancement” and “help wanted” is open to whoever wants to implement it.

Write Documentation

Game Server Manager could always use more documentation, whether as part of the official Game Server Manager docs, in docstrings, or even on the web in blog posts, articles, and such.

Submit Feedback

The best way to send feedback is to file an issue at

If you are proposing a feature:

  • Explain in detail how it would work.

Get Started!

Ready to contribute? Here’s how to set up game_server_manager for local development.

  1. Fork the game_server_manager repo on GitHub.

  2. Clone your fork locally:

    $ git clone

    $ mkvirtualenv game_server_manager
    $ cd game_server_manager/
    $ python develop
  4. Create a branch for local development:


    Now you can make your changes locally.


    $ flake8 gs_manager tests
    $ python test or py.test
    $ tox


  6. Commit your changes and push your branch to GitHub:

    $ git add .
  7. Submit a pull request through the GitHub website.

Pull Request Guidelines


  1. The pull request should include tests.
  3. The pull request should work for Python 2.7, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6, including PyPy. Check and make sure that the tests pass for all supported Python versions.