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+title: Hacking on SourceHut
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+
+For developers interested in hacking on SourceHut, an expedited installation
+procedure is available. The bare minimum is a PostgreSQL database and a Redis
+server, and you can generally skip the webhooks daemons unless you need them.
+It is recommended that you still use our distribution packages to obtain the
+dependencies, though.
+
+If you don't intend to work on core.sr.ht, install the package to skip this
+step. If you don't intend to work on meta.sr.ht, it may be easier to install the
+package and configure it normally on localhost than to try and get it up and
+running from source.
+
+You can also *usually* get away without configuring the outgoing mail settings,
+but you may still have to generate a PGP key to get things started up. You can
+also skip the reverse proxy and use our development servers via `python3
+run.py`.
+
+# Sending patches
+
+We use [git send-email](https://git-send-email.io) and discuss patches (and
+other development topics) on the
+[sr.ht-dev](https://lists.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/sr.ht-dev) list. Please send your
+patches and development questions there.