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+# Contribute to Spotlight
+
+Everyone is welcome to contribute, and we value everybody's contribution. Code
+contributions are not the only way to help the community.
+Reported bugs, suggested features, contributing design ideas,
+or offering feedback are alse extremely valuable to us.
+
+Technical details on how to contribute can be found in our [documentation](https://renumics.com/docs/development).
+
+## Ways to contribute
+
+There are several ways you can contribute to Spotlight:
+
+* Fix outstanding issues.
+* Implement new features.
+* Submit issues related to bugs or desired new features.
+* Share your use case
+
+If you don't know where to start, you might want to have a look at [hacktoberfest issues](https://github.com/Renumics/spotlight/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Ahacktoberfest)
+and our guide on how to create a [new Lens](https://renumics.com/docs/development/lenses).
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 - 🤗 [Huggingface](https://huggingface.co/renumics) example spaces and datasets 
 - 🏀 [Playbook](https://renumics.com/docs/playbook/) for data-centric AI workflows
 - 🍰 [Sliceguard](https://github.com/Renumics/sliceguard) library for automatic slice detection
+
+## Contribute
+
+We are currently participating in the running [Hacktoberfest 2023](https://hacktoberfest.com/).
+
+If you would like to contribute to Spotlight, the easiest way is to have a look at our [Contribution Docs](https://renumics.com/docs/development) and the [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md).
+
+We are also equally happy about non-code contributions -- whether it's reporting bugs, suggesting features, contributing design ideas, or offering feedback, every non-code contribution is highly valued and helps make our project better for everyone.