If you're just looking for information about what MBDyn is, what it can do and what you can do with it, please refer to the [MBDyn official website](http://www.mbdyn.org/).
In short, MBDyn is a general-purpose, [free](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html)[Multibody Dynamics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multibody_system) analysis software.
This Wiki will eventually become a place in which developers can get information that will speed up their learning curve about the code. At the moment, it contains some basic information primarily focused on the MBDyn [GSoC](https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/) partecipation.
Please be aware that we, as MBDyn developers, believe strongly in the [free](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html) software philosophy. In our daily work and in the MBDyn development and testing, we work with GNU/Linux as our primary OS. Therefore, to contribute to MBDyn you should be at least somewhat familiar with GNU/Linux.
### How to contribute
There are different ways you can contribute to MBDyn. For example:
- using it and reporting bugs (for example opening an [issue](https://gitlab.polimi.it/Pub/mbdyn/issues)), fixing/adding tutorials, documentation, and so on;
- submitting code that fix bugs or implement new features, and so on;
- establishing a grant with [DAER/Polimi](http://www.aero.polimi.it/) to implement the features or develop the models you need.
If you feel to go with the second option, please read carefully and follow our [Developers Guidelines](Development/how-to-contribute)
### Google Summer of Code
We have been selected as partecipating Orgs in the [2015](https://www.mbdyn.org/?News&id=19), [2016](https://www.mbdyn.org/?News&id=28) and [2017](https://www.mbdyn.org/?News&id=31)[Google Summer of Code (GSoC)](https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com). Below, you can find more information if you're interested in partecipating to the GSoC with us.
#### For Students
If you are interested in partecipating as a student, please get in touch with us as soon as possibile, either here on GitLab or on the [MBDyn users mailing list](http://lists.mbdyn.org/mailman/listinfo/mbdyn-users). We will help you familiarize with the code, in order to prepare a good GSoC application.
#### For Developers
If you are an experienced MBDyn user/developer, and want to become a mentor, please let us know contacting us here on GitLab or on [MBDyn users mailing list](http://lists.mbdyn.org/mailman/listinfo/mbdyn-users).
