# Contribute to NEST

The NEST Simulator is a scientific tool and as such it is never finished and constantly changing to meet the needs of novel neuroscientific endeavors. Here you find the most important information on how you can contribute to NEST. This document is an excerpt from our [Contributing to NEST documentation](https://nest-simulator.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contribute/index.html), which provides more detailed information.


* Make sure you have a [GitHub account](https://github.com/signup/free)


Visit the [contributing to NEST docs](https://nest-simulator.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developer_space/index.html) for details
on 

* development workflow
* reporing bugs and issues
* making changes to the code or documentation
* code review policies

and much more!

