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# Welcome to Northstar contribution guide
Thank you for investing your time in contributing to our project!
## Repositories architecture
Northstar software is splitted into several repositories:
* [Northstar](https://github.com/R2Northstar/Northstar) is the main repository; it only contains downloadable
versions of the client and wiki documentation (it does not contain source code).
* [NorthstarMasterServer](https://github.com/R2Northstar/NorthstarMasterServer)
holds source code of the master server, which is responsible for authentication, persistence, custom servers
listing.
* [NorthstarLauncher](https://github.com/R2Northstar/NorthstarLauncher) holds source code responsible for
injecting custom content (mods) into original game files.
* [NorthstarMods](https://github.com/R2Northstar/NorthstarMods) contains mods recreating server gamelogic,
enabling custom serveurs hosting.
## Issues
### Create a new issue
If you find a bug while using Northstar, before posting it, please ensure that a corresponding issue does not
already exists.
Also, please double-check that you're opening an issue in the correct repository (read carefully `Repositories architecture`
of this document if you're not sure).