Developer Guide

Bokeh is an open source project and we love having new contributors. Hopefully, you will find all the information you need in the following pages, linked below and in the sidebar to the left. If not, please contact the developers with any questions.

The software development process for Bokeh is outlined in Bokeh Enhancement Proposal 1. All changes, enhancements, and bugfixes should generally go through the process outlined there.

The process for creating, distributing, and announcing final releases of Bokeh is outlined in Bokeh Enhancement Proposal 2.


Getting Set Up
Installation of everything needed to be able to develop Bokeh and BokehJS.
Environment Variables
Environment settings useful for testing and debugging Bokeh.
Testing
Local and continuous integration testing infrastructure.
Documentation
Style guide and best practices for authoring documentation for Bokeh.
Bokeh Models
Overview of Bokeh’s declarative model system for interfacing with BokehJS.
Server Architecture
Architecture and implementation notes for the Bokeh server.
Language Bindings
Guidance for integrating Bokeh into other languages.
BokehJS
Information specific to developing BokehJS.