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 ## Community
 
-Community App
+This app helps people organize and manage their own communities.
+
+The App has following components:
+
+1. Hackathons
+1. LMS
+
+Community is built on the [Frappe Framework](https://github.com/frappe/frappe), a full-stack web app framework built with Python & JavaScript.
+
+### Local Setup
+
+To setup the repository locally follow the steps mentioned below:
+
+1. Install bench and setup a frappe-bench directory by following the [Installation Steps](https://frappeframework.com/docs/user/en/installation).
+1. Start the server by running bench start.
+1. In a separate terminal window, create a new site by running bench new-site community.test.
+1. Run bench get-app https://github.com/fossunited/community.
+1. Run bench --site community.test install-app community.
+1. Map your site to localhost with the command ```bench --site community.test add-to-hosts```
+1. Now open the URL http://community.test:8000/docs in your browser, you should see the app running.
+
+### Contribution Guidelines
+
+1. Go to the apps/community directory of your installation and execute git pull --unshallow to ensure that you have the full git repository. Also fork the fossunited/community repository on GitHub.
+1. Check out a working branch in git (e.g. git checkout -b my-new-branch).
+1. Make your proposed changes to the source
+1. Run your local version (e.g. bench start in your bench installation). Make sure that your changes work the way you want them to.
+1. Commit your changes to your branch. Make sure to use a semantic commit message.
+1. Push your branch to your fork on Github, and issue a pull request.
 
 #### License