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# Contribute
Right now **Mercury** is in a heavy planning stage.
If you would like to contribute code, please wait.
If you would like to contribute ideas, however, we're open to suggestions!
We're working using [lavender.software](https://lavender.software)'s self-hosted [Gitea](https://git.lavender.software/mercury), so head on over there for the eventual code!
Additionally, this website is written using the [cobalt](https://cobalt-org.github.io) *static site generator*, and you can find it's source [there](https://git.lavender.software/mercury/mercury-site) as well.
## Rules & Regulations
The [docs](https://git.lavender.software/mercury/docs) repository will eventually contain documents such as a **Code of Conduct**, **Contributor Agreement**, **Code Practices**, etc.
You need to follow all of these to contribute code.
## Contact
If you would like to contact the current maintainers:
**Erin:** [contact@the-system.eu.org](mailto:contact@the-system.eu.org)

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## About
Misc. about the project stuff here.
Link to [design](/design/) and stuff.
**Mercury** is going to be an Operating System with a radically unique and new design.
This includes being based around new ideas and features, sacrificing backwards compatibility for them.
## Main Features
- Written in **Rust**[^rust]
- Built mainly for **ARM**/**RISC-V** architecture
- Not **POSIX** compatible
- **OCAP**[^ocap] security, with an **Actor** based system
- Well documented using [rustdoc](https://doc.rust-lang.org/rustdoc) and [mdBook](https://rust-lang.github.io/mdBook/)
- **Microkernel**[^microkernel] with features being split into different `crates` & `libraries`
- Full **UTF-8** support, because it's *2023*
- Easy global configuration, **NixOS**/**Guix** style[^home]
- Build with [security](/security/) in mind from the start
- **Vulkan** rendering
- `serde` for serializing data into/from different formats
- Allows for easy message passing
- Store/read data in `bytes` easily
- Can use anything supported by `serde` for configuration
- [Comprehensive Testing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hXNd6x9sZs) with [Automated Tests](https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch11-00-testing.html) and [Fuzzing](https://lib.rs/crates/cargo-fuzz)
### GUI
- Using the same **Actor** system
- Accessibility as a priority
- Global styling & configuration
- Responsive and dynamic
- Full multimedia support
- Navigable fully by both mouse & keyboard
[^rust]: **Why?** Because I like writing in it, and it's memory safe
[^microkernel]: https://doc.redox-os.org/book/ch04-01-microkernels.html
[^home]: https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2022/keeping-ones-home-tidy/
[^ocap]: https://decentralized-id.com/web-standards/object-capabilities/