---
title: Building communities documentation
shortTitle: Building communities
intro: 'Learn best practices for moderating and setting up collaborative, safe, and effective communities using GitHub’s community-tested tools.'
redirect_from:
  - /categories/building-a-strong-community
  - /github/building-a-strong-community
changelog:
  label: wikis
featuredLinks:
  startHere:
    - /communities/setting-up-your-project-for-healthy-contributions/setting-guidelines-for-repository-contributors
    - /communities/setting-up-your-project-for-healthy-contributions/adding-a-code-of-conduct-to-your-project
    - /communities/moderating-comments-and-conversations/managing-disruptive-comments
  guideCards:
    - /communities/documenting-your-project-with-wikis/editing-wiki-content
    - /communities/maintaining-your-safety-on-github/blocking-a-user-from-your-personal-account
    - /communities/maintaining-your-safety-on-github/blocking-a-user-from-your-organization
  popular:
    - /communities/using-templates-to-encourage-useful-issues-and-pull-requests/creating-a-pull-request-template-for-your-repository
    - /communities/maintaining-your-safety-on-github/reporting-abuse-or-spam
    - /communities/setting-up-your-project-for-healthy-contributions/adding-a-license-to-a-repository
    - /communities/using-templates-to-encourage-useful-issues-and-pull-requests/configuring-issue-templates-for-your-repository
layout: product-landing
versions:
  fpt: '*'
  ghes: '*'
  ghae: '*'
  ghec: '*'
topics:
  - Community
children:
  - /setting-up-your-project-for-healthy-contributions
  - /using-templates-to-encourage-useful-issues-and-pull-requests
  - /moderating-comments-and-conversations
  - /maintaining-your-safety-on-github
  - /documenting-your-project-with-wikis
---