Merge pull request #447 from byt3h3ad/byt3h3ad-patch-1

improved CONTRIBUTING.MD, README.MD, HACKTOBERFEST.MD

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# Welcome to DocsGPT Contributing guideline
+# Welcome to DocsGPT Contributing Guidelines
 
-Thank you for choosing this project to contribute to, we are all very grateful!
+Thank you for choosing this project to contribute to. We are all very grateful!
 
 ### [🎉 Join the Hacktoberfest with DocsGPT and Earn a Free T-shirt! 🎉](https://github.com/arc53/DocsGPT/blob/main/HACKTOBERFEST.md)
 
@@ -17,30 +17,36 @@ Thank you for choosing this project to contribute to, we are all very grateful!
 
 ## 🐞 Issues and Pull requests
 
-We value contributions to our issues in the form of discussion or suggestion, we recommend that you check out existing issues and our [Roadmap](https://github.com/orgs/arc53/projects/2)
+We value contributions to our issues in the form of discussion or suggestions. We recommend that you check out existing issues and our [roadmap](https://github.com/orgs/arc53/projects/2).
 
-If you want to contribute by writing code there are a few things that you should know before doing it:
+If you want to contribute by writing code, there are a few things that you should know before doing it:
-We have frontend (React, Vite) and Backend (python)
+
+We have a frontend in React (Vite) and backend in Python.
+
+### If you are looking to contribute to frontend (⚛️React, Vite):
+
+- The current frontend is being migrated from `/application` to `/frontend` with a new design, so please contribute to the new one.
+- Check out this [milestone](https://github.com/arc53/DocsGPT/milestone/1) and its issues.
+- The Figma design can be found [here](https://www.figma.com/file/OXLtrl1EAy885to6S69554/DocsGPT?node-id=0%3A1&t=hjWVuxRg9yi5YkJ9-1).
 
-### If you are looking to contribute to Frontend (⚛️React, Vite):
-The current frontend is being migrated from /application to /frontend with a new design, so please contribute to the new one. Check out this [Milestone](https://github.com/arc53/DocsGPT/milestone/1) and its issues also [Figma](https://www.figma.com/file/OXLtrl1EAy885to6S69554/DocsGPT?node-id=0%3A1&t=hjWVuxRg9yi5YkJ9-1)
 Please try to follow the guidelines.
 
 ### If you are looking to contribute to Backend (🐍 Python):
-* Check out our issues, and contribute to /application or /scripts (ignore old  ingest_rst.py ingest_rst_sphinx.py files, they will be deprecated soon)
+- Check out our issues and contribute to `/application` or `/scripts` (ignore old `ingest_rst.py` `ingest_rst_sphinx.py` files; they will be deprecated soon).
-* All new code should be covered with unit tests ([pytest](https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest)). Please find tests under [/tests](https://github.com/arc53/DocsGPT/tree/main/tests) folder.
+- All new code should be covered with unit tests ([pytest](https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest)). Please find tests under [`/tests`](https://github.com/arc53/DocsGPT/tree/main/tests) folder.
-* Before submitting your PR make sure that after you ingested some test data it is queryable.
+- Before submitting your PR, ensure it is queryable after ingesting some test data.
 
 ### Testing
-To run unit tests, from the root of the repository execute:
+
+To run unit tests from the root of the repository, execute:
 ```
 python -m pytest
 ```
 
 ### Workflow:
-Create a fork, make changes on your forked repository, and submit changes in the form of a pull request.
+Create a fork, make changes on your forked repository, and submit changes as a pull request.
 
 ## Questions/collaboration
-Please join our [Discord](https://discord.gg/n5BX8dh8rU) don't hesitate, we are very friendly and welcoming to new contributors.
+Please join our [Discord](https://discord.gg/n5BX8dh8rU). Don't hesitate; we are very friendly and welcoming to new contributors.
 
 # Thank you so much for considering contributing to DocsGPT!🙏

HACKTOBERFEST.md

@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 Welcome, contributors! We're excited to announce that DocsGPT is participating in Hacktoberfest. Get involved by submitting a **meaningful** pull request, and earn a free shirt in return!
 
-All contributors with accepted PR's will receive a cool holopin! 🤩 (Watchout for a reply in your PR to collect it)
+All contributors with accepted PRs will receive a cool Holopin! 🤩 (Watch out for a reply in your PR to collect it).
 
 📜 Here's How to Contribute:
 
     🛠️ Code: This is the golden ticket! Make meaningful contributions through PRs.
     📚 Wiki: Improve our documentation, Create a guide or change existing documentation.
-    🖥️ Design: Improve the UI/UX, or design a new feature.
+    🖥️ Design: Improve the UI/UX or design a new feature.
 
 📝 Guidelines for Pull Requests:
 
@@ -16,20 +16,20 @@ Familiarize yourself with the current contributions and our [Roadmap](https://gi
 
 Deciding to contribute with code? Here are some insights based on the area of your interest:
 
-Frontend (⚛️React, Vite):
+- Frontend (⚛️React, Vite):
-    Most of the code is located in /frontend folder. You can also check out our React extension in /extensions/react-widget.
+    - Most of the code is located in `/frontend` folder. You can also check out our React extension in /extensions/react-widget.
-    For design references, here's the [Figma](https://www.figma.com/file/OXLtrl1EAy885to6S69554/DocsGPT?node-id=0%3A1&t=hjWVuxRg9yi5YkJ9-1).
+    - For design references, here's the [Figma](https://www.figma.com/file/OXLtrl1EAy885to6S69554/DocsGPT?node-id=0%3A1&t=hjWVuxRg9yi5YkJ9-1).
-    Ensure you adhere to the established guidelines.
+    - Ensure you adhere to the established guidelines.
 
-Backend (🐍Python):
+- Backend (🐍Python):
-    Focus on /application or /scripts. However, avoid the files ingest_rst.py and ingest_rst_sphinx.py as they are soon to be deprecated.
+    - Focus on `/application` or `/scripts`. However, avoid the files ingest_rst.py and ingest_rst_sphinx.py, as they will soon be deprecated.
-    Newly added code should come with relevant unit tests (pytest).
+    - Newly added code should come with relevant unit tests (pytest).
-    Refer to the /tests folder for test suites.
+    - Refer to the `/tests` folder for test suites.
 
-Check out [Contributing Guidelines](https://github.com/arc53/DocsGPT/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)
+Check out our [Contributing Guidelines](https://github.com/arc53/DocsGPT/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)
 
-Once you have Created your PR and it was merged, please fill in this [form](https://airtable.com/appfkqFVjB0RpYCJh/shrXXM98xgRsbjO7s)
+Once you have created your PR and our maintainers have merged it, please fill in this [form](https://airtable.com/appfkqFVjB0RpYCJh/shrXXM98xgRsbjO7s).
 
-Don't be shy! Hop into our [Discord](https://discord.gg/n5BX8dh8rU) Server. We're a friendly bunch and eager to assist newcomers.
+Feel free to join our Discord server. We're here to help newcomers, so don't hesitate to jump in! [Join us here](https://discord.gg/n5BX8dh8rU).
 
-Big thanks for considering contributing to DocsGPT during Hacktoberfest! 🙏 Your effort can earn you a swanky new t-shirt. 🎁 Let's code together! 🚀
+Thank you very much for considering contributing to DocsGPT during Hacktoberfest! 🙏 Your contributions could earn you a stylish new t-shirt as a token of our appreciation. 🎁 Join us, and let's code together! 🚀

README.md

@@ -19,13 +19,11 @@ Say goodbye to time-consuming manual searches, and let <strong>DocsGPT</strong>
   <a href="https://github.com/arc53/DocsGPT/blob/main/LICENSE">![example3](https://img.shields.io/github/license/arc53/docsgpt)</a>
   <a href="https://discord.gg/n5BX8dh8rU">![example3](https://img.shields.io/discord/1070046503302877216)</a>
  
-
-  
 </div>
 
 ### Production Support/ Help for companies: 
 
-When deploying your DocsGPT to a live environment, we're eager to provide personalized assistance.
+We're eager to provide personalized assistance when deploying your DocsGPT to a live environment.
 - [Schedule Demo 👋](https://cal.com/arc53/docsgpt-demo-b2b?date=2023-10-04&month=2023-10)
 - [Send Email ✉️](mailto:contact@arc53.com?subject=DocsGPT%20support%2Fsolutions)
   
@@ -36,7 +34,7 @@ When deploying your DocsGPT to a live environment, we're eager to provide person
 
 ## Roadmap
 
-You can find our [Roadmap](https://github.com/orgs/arc53/projects/2) here. Please don't hesitate to contribute or create issues, it helps us make DocsGPT better!
+You can find our roadmap [here](https://github.com/orgs/arc53/projects/2). Please don't hesitate to contribute or create issues, it helps us improve DocsGPT!
 
 ## Our Open-Source models optimized for DocsGPT:
 
@@ -47,7 +45,7 @@ You can find our [Roadmap](https://github.com/orgs/arc53/projects/2) here. Pleas
 | [Docsgpt-40b-falcon](https://huggingface.co/Arc53/docsgpt-40b-falcon)       | falcon-40b     | 8xA10G gpu's  |
 
 
-If you don't have enough resources to run it you can use [bitsandbytes](https://github.com/TimDettmers/bitsandbytes) to quantize.
+If you don't have enough resources to run it, you can use bitsnbytes to quantize.
 
 
 ## Features
@@ -58,7 +56,7 @@ If you don't have enough resources to run it you can use [bitsandbytes](https://
 ## Useful links
  [Live preview](https://docsgpt.arc53.com/)
  
- [Join Our Discord](https://discord.gg/n5BX8dh8rU)
+ [Join our Discord](https://discord.gg/n5BX8dh8rU)
  
  [Guides](https://docs.docsgpt.co.uk/)
 
@@ -70,28 +68,28 @@ If you don't have enough resources to run it you can use [bitsandbytes](https://
 
 
 ## Project structure
-- Application - Flask app (main application)
+- Application - Flask app (main application).
 
-- Extensions - Chrome extension
+- Extensions - Chrome extension.
 
-- Scripts - Script that creates similarity search index and store for other libraries. 
+- Scripts - Script that creates similarity search index and stores for other libraries. 
 
-- Frontend - Frontend uses Vite and React
+- Frontend - Frontend uses Vite and React.
 
 ## QuickStart
 
 Note: Make sure you have Docker installed
 
-On Mac OS or Linux just write:
+On Mac OS or Linux, write:
 
 `./setup.sh`
 
-It will install all the dependencies and give you an option to download local model or use OpenAI
+It will install all the dependencies and allow you to download the local model or use OpenAI.
 
-Otherwise refer to this Guide:
+Otherwise, refer to this Guide:
 
 1. Download and open this repository with `git clone https://github.com/arc53/DocsGPT.git`
-2. Create a .env file in your root directory and set the env variable OPENAI_API_KEY with your OpenAI API key and  VITE_API_STREAMING to true or false, depending on if you want streaming answers or not
+2. Create a `.env` file in your root directory and set the env variable `OPENAI_API_KEY` with your OpenAI API key and  `VITE_API_STREAMING` to true or false, depending on if you want streaming answers or not.
    It should look like this inside:
    
    ```
@@ -99,15 +97,15 @@ Otherwise refer to this Guide:
    VITE_API_STREAMING=true
    ```
    See optional environment variables in the `/.env-template` and `/application/.env_sample` files.
-3. Run `./run-with-docker-compose.sh`
+3. Run `./run-with-docker-compose.sh`.
-4. Navigate to http://localhost:5173/
+4. Navigate to http://localhost:5173/.
 
-To stop just run Ctrl + C
+To stop, just run `Ctrl + C`.
 
 ## Development environments
 
 ### Spin up mongo and redis
-For development only 2 containers are used from docker-compose.yaml (by deleting all services except for Redis and Mongo). 
+For development, only two containers are used from `docker-compose.yaml` (by deleting all services except for Redis and Mongo). 
 See file [docker-compose-dev.yaml](./docker-compose-dev.yaml).
 
 Run
@@ -120,33 +118,32 @@ docker compose -f docker-compose-dev.yaml up -d
 
 Make sure you have Python 3.10 or 3.11 installed.
 
-1. Export required environment variables or prep .env file in application folder
+1. Export required environment variables or prepare a `.env` file in the `/application` folder:
-Prepare .env file
+   - Copy `.env_sample` and create `.env` with your OpenAI API token for the `API_KEY` and `EMBEDDINGS_KEY` fields.
-Copy `.env_sample` and create `.env` with your OpenAI API token for the API_KEY and EMBEDDINGS_KEY fields
 
-(check out application/core/settings.py if you want to see more config options)
+(check out [`application/core/settings.py`](application/core/settings.py) if you want to see more config options.)
-3. (optional) Create a Python virtual environment
+
+2. (optional) Create a Python virtual environment:
 ```commandline
 python -m venv venv
 . venv/bin/activate
 ```
-4. Change to `application/` subdir and install dependencies for the backend
+3. Change to the `application/` subdir and install dependencies for the backend:
 ```commandline
 pip install -r application/requirements.txt
 ```
-5. Run the app `flask run --host=0.0.0.0 --port=7091`
+4. Run the app using `flask run --host=0.0.0.0 --port=7091`.
-6. Start worker with `celery -A application.app.celery worker -l INFO`
+5. Start worker with `celery -A application.app.celery worker -l INFO`.
 
 ### Start frontend 
+
 Make sure you have Node version 16 or higher.
 
-1. Navigate to `/frontend` folder
+1. Navigate to the `/frontend` folder.
-2. Install dependencies
+2. Install dependencies by running `npm install`.
-`npm install`
+3. Run the app using `npm run dev`.
-3. Run the app 
-`npm run dev`
 
-## All Thanks To Our Contributors
+## Many Thanks To Our Contributors
 
 <a href="[https://github.com/arc53/DocsGPT/graphs/contributors](https://docsgpt.arc53.com/)">
   <img src="https://contrib.rocks/image?repo=arc53/DocsGPT" />
@@ -154,4 +151,3 @@ Make sure you have Node version 16 or higher.
 
 
 Built with [🦜️🔗 LangChain](https://github.com/hwchase17/langchain)
-