> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.boxlite.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Contributing

> Documentation for people working on BoxLite itself rather than building on it: how to develop the CLI, how to run the tests that boot real microVMs, and the conventions a pull request has to satisfy.

If you are building an application on top of BoxLite, you want [Manage sandboxes](/manage-sandbox/index) or the [use cases](/use-cases/index) instead. Everything here starts from a BoxLite source checkout.

| Page                                                                                 | Use it when                                                                                |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| [CLI development guide](/development/cli-development)                                | You are changing the `boxlite` command — adding a subcommand, a flag, or output            |
| [Integration tests](/development/e2e-local)                                          | You need the integration tests to pass, in CI or on your own machine                       |
| [Rust style guide](/development/rust-style)                                          | You want your PR to clear the `cargo fmt` / `cargo clippy` gates on the first try          |
| [Contributor license agreement](/legal/CLA)                                          | You are about to open your first pull request and need the terms you are agreeing to       |
| [Concurrent execution deadlock investigation](/development/concurrent-exec-deadlock) | You are debugging a hang and want a worked example of how one was traced to its root cause |

Before your first pull request, read the [contributor license agreement](/legal/CLA). To build the runtime from source — including the native prerequisites — see [Building from source](/development/building-from-source).