# Contributing to Next.js Our Commitment to Open Source can be found [here](https://zeit.co/blog/oss) 1. [Fork](https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/) this repository to your own GitHub account and then [clone](https://help.github.com/articles/cloning-a-repository/) it to your local device. 2. Install the dependencies: `npm install` 3. Run `npm link` to link the local repo to NPM 4. Run `npm run build` to build and watch for code changes 5. Then npm link this repo inside any example app with `npm link next` 6. Then you can run your example app with the local version of Next.js (You may need to re-run the example app as you change server side code in the Next.js repository)