title: About community profiles for public repositories
intro: Repository maintainers can review their public repository's community profile to learn how they can help grow their community and support contributors. Contributors can view a public repository's community profile to see if they want to contribute to the project.
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- /articles/viewing-your-community-profile
- /articles/about-community-profiles-for-public-repositories
- /github/building-a-strong-community/about-community-profiles-for-public-repositories
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fpt: ''
ghec: ''
topics:
- Community
shortTitle: Community profiles
The community profile checklist checks to see if a project includes recommended community health files, such as README, CODE_OF_CONDUCT, LICENSE, or CONTRIBUTING, in a supported location. For more information, see "AUTOTITLE."
Using the community profile checklist as a repository maintainer
As a repository maintainer, you can use the community standards checklist to see if your project meets the recommended community standards to help people use and contribute to your project. For more information, see "Building community" in the Open Source Guides.
If a project doesn't have one of the recommended files, you can click the associated Add button to draft and submit a file.
{% data reusables.repositories.security-guidelines %}
{% data reusables.repositories.valid-community-issues %} For more information, see "AUTOTITLE."
Using the community profile checklist as a community member or collaborator
As a potential contributor, use the community profile checklist to see if a project meets the recommended community standards and decide if you'd like to contribute. For more information, see "How to contribute" in the Open Source Guides.
If a project doesn't have a recommended file, you can click Propose to draft and submit a file to the repository maintainer for approval.
Further reading