How can I help the Inkscape project?
If you are a developer, grab the code and start hacking on whatever draws your attention. Send in a patch when you’re happy with it and ready to share your efforts with others. We also need writers and translators for the user manual and interface internationalization (I18N) files. We take contributions very seriously and follow the principle of “patch first, discuss later”, so it is highly likely your efforts will appear in the development codebase swiftly. There are of course rules and standards that must be followed, but we try to keep them unsurprising and obvious.