> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://icij.gitbook.io/datashare/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://icij.gitbook.io/datashare/developers.md).

# Developers

- [How to contribute](https://icij.gitbook.io/datashare/developers/how-to-contribute.md): 👷‍♀️ This page is currently being written by Datashare team.
- [Backend](https://icij.gitbook.io/datashare/developers/backend.md)
- [API](https://icij.gitbook.io/datashare/developers/backend/api.md): The Datashare API is fully defined using the OpenAPI 3.0 specification and automatically generated after every Datashare release.
- [Database Schema](https://icij.gitbook.io/datashare/developers/backend/database.md)
- [Write extensions](https://icij.gitbook.io/datashare/developers/backend/write-extensions.md)
- [Frontend](https://icij.gitbook.io/datashare/developers/frontend.md)
- [Design System](https://icij.gitbook.io/datashare/developers/frontend/design-system.md)
- [Write plugins](https://icij.gitbook.io/datashare/developers/frontend/write-plugins.md): What if you want to integrate text translations to Datashare’s interface? Or make it display tweets scraped with Twint? Ask no more: there is plugins for that!
- [CLI with Tarentula](https://icij.gitbook.io/datashare/developers/introduction-to-tarentula.md): Datashare Tarentula is a powerful command-line toolbelt designed to streamline bulk operations against any Datashare instance.
- [Script with Playground](https://icij.gitbook.io/datashare/developers/introduction-to-playground.md): Datashare Playground delivers a collection of Bash scripts (free of external dependencies) that streamline interaction with a Datashare instance’s Elasticsearch index and Redis queue.


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