# Setting up your project for healthy contributions

Repository maintainers can set contributing guidelines to help collaborators make meaningful, useful contributions to a project.

## Links

* [/about-community-management-and-moderation](/en/enterprise-server@3.22/about-community-management-and-moderation)

* [/about-community-profiles-for-public-repositories](/en/enterprise-server@3.22/about-community-profiles-for-public-repositories)

* [/accessing-a-projects-community-profile](/en/enterprise-server@3.22/accessing-a-projects-community-profile)

* [/adding-a-code-of-conduct-to-your-project](/en/enterprise-server@3.22/adding-a-code-of-conduct-to-your-project)

* [Setting guidelines for repository contributors](/en/enterprise-server@3.22/communities/setting-up-your-project-for-healthy-contributions/setting-guidelines-for-repository-contributors)

  You can create guidelines to communicate how people should contribute to your project.

* [Adding a license to a repository](/en/enterprise-server@3.22/communities/setting-up-your-project-for-healthy-contributions/adding-a-license-to-a-repository)

  You can include an open source license in your repository to make it easier for other people to contribute.

* [Adding support resources to your project](/en/enterprise-server@3.22/communities/setting-up-your-project-for-healthy-contributions/adding-support-resources-to-your-project)

  You can create a SUPPORT file to let people know about ways to get help with your project.

* [Creating a default community health file](/en/enterprise-server@3.22/communities/setting-up-your-project-for-healthy-contributions/creating-a-default-community-health-file)

  You can create default community health files, such as CONTRIBUTING and CODE\_OF\_CONDUCT. Default files will be used for any repository owned by the account that does not contain its own file of that type.

* [/encouraging-helpful-contributions-to-your-project-with-labels](/en/enterprise-server@3.22/encouraging-helpful-contributions-to-your-project-with-labels)