If you see a step below that could be improved (or is outdated), please update the instructions. We rarely go through this process ourselves, so your fresh pair of eyes and your recent experience with it, makes you the best candidate to improve them for other users. Thank you!

1. Make sure you have Node.js version 20.x and NPM version >=9.0.0.

• We recommend using nvm: nvm install && nvm use.

We recommend cloning the repository in a folder dedicated to opencollective projects.

git clone git@github.com:opencollective/opencollective-frontend.git opencollective/frontend
cd opencollective/frontend
npm install

This project requires an access to the Open Collective API.

By default, it will try to connect to the Open Collective staging API, you don’t have to change anything.

In case you want to connect to the Open Collective API running locally:

• clone, install and start opencollective-api
• in this project, copy the following content to a .env file:

API_URL=http://localhost:3060
API_KEY=dvl-1510egmf4a23d80342403fb599qd

npm run dev

To run the tests:

• for pages and components use npm test
• for end-to-end (e2e) tests using Cypress see our dedicated guide.

To update:

• Jest snapshots: run npm run test:update
• Translation files: run npm run langs:update
• GraphQL schema for ESLint: run npm run graphql:update

Translating the interface doesn’t require any technical skill, you can go on https://crowdin.com/project/opencollective and start translating right away!

We’re currently looking for contributions for the following languages:

• French
• Spanish
• Japanese

Want to add a new language for Open Collective? Contact us and we’ll be happy to help you to set it up!

Code style? Commit convention? Please check our Contributing guidelines.

TL;DR: we use Prettier and ESLint, we do like great commit messages and clean Git history.

This repo is part of the Open Collective bounty program. Get paid to contribute to Open Source! The Open Collective engineering team is small and we’re always looking for new contributors to our Open Source codebases. Our Bounty program is an opportunity to solve issues that could be neglected otherwise. Contributors who fix these issues will be rewarded financially. Please see our docs for more information: https://documentation.opencollective.com/development

This project is currently deployed to staging and production with Heroku. To deploy, you need to be a core member of the Open Collective team.

More info: docs/deployment.md

To publish a frontend components update to NPM, you need to be a core member of the Open Collective team. Steps:

1. Check the currently published version with npm view @opencollective/frontend-components version
2. Trigger the publishing script by running npm run publish-components {NEW_VERSION}, where {NEW_VERSION} is the new version number (please follow semver).
3. Review the changes, and confirm if everything makes sense.

To add new files or dependencies to this exported package, have a look at scripts/publish-components/config.ts.

If you have any questions, ping us on Discord.