Contribute

Phoebus & CS-Studio development is entirely hosted on GitHub if you want to participate you will need a GitHub account.

CS-Studio Phoebus

• The most complete beginner documentation for developers, including build information and instructions for setting up various IDE's for the development of Phoebus, is the Guidebook.
• The source code is located in the Phoebus GitHub repository.

Fork us on GitHub

All contributions are accepted as Pull Requests on GitHub.

Contribute a new patch, plugin or fix a bug

• When starting with a new patch, make sure to create an issue corresponding to the work you are about to do. This helps keep track of new developments.
• Create a branch starting from one of the active branches and develop on the new branch.
• Plug-ins may be part of 'core', 'applications', or a site's specific product. Typically, new plugins are added to a feature, in order to be added to a product.
• If you are unsure where to place your new plugin or if you have a general question, you can create an issue.
• Submit a pull request.
• There will be a short discussion, we will help you to get your patch merged.

Development Guidelines

• For the code conventions we are using Coding Guidelines.
• For the Git workflow, see Development Guidelines.

Attend Regular Meetings

• Monthly Meeting on the first Wednesday of the month (9am EST).
• Project groups meet once a week when actively developing.
• We use Google Hangouts to share our progress and discuss issues.
• Meetings are posted there, visible after being added to the group.
• Minutes are posted to Google Docs.

Upcoming Events

• 20-24 April 2026 EPICS Collaboration Meeting hosted by CEA Irfu in Saclay (near Paris), France
• 23-27 February 2026 EPICS CCodeathon hosted by Diamond Light Source Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire, England