We also have documentation to setup the dev environment: https://join-lemmy.org/docs/contributors/02-local-development.html
If you have questions, feel free to ask here, in the relevant issue or in matrix.
Want to contribute to Lemmy? Heres a list of good issues to get started
https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/labels/extra%3A%20good%20first%20issue
4 Comments
Sibbo@sopuli.xyz · 9 pts · 1y
You could also improve the current NixOS setup, that would make creating a new instance a lot easier!
mac@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y
Where's the repo for this?
Sibbo@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 1y
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs
Doods@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 1y
Lemmy's written in Rust?! That's cool.