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+## Maintainer Status
+* [Scott's medical status](https://swharden.github.io/) limits his ability to accept code contributions at this time
+* As of early 2026, ScottPlot is officially open source but not open for anonymous code contribution
+* Community is still active in the [issues](https://github.com/ScottPlot/ScottPlot/issues) and [Discord](/discord) channels
+* See the ScottPlot repository's [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/ScottPlot/ScottPlot/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) for details
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 # Contributing to ScottPlot
 
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+<div class="fs-4 my-0">ScottPlot is open source but not open for code contribution.</div>
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+<hr />
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+As of early 2026 [Scott's Medical Status](https://swharden.github.io/) limits his ability to accept code contributions at this time. 
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+See the ScottPlot repository's [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/ScottPlot/ScottPlot/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) file for details.
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 ## Pull Requests
 
 **Code contributions are welcome!** Creating an issue to go with each pull request is not required, but it is recommended for topics that would benefit from improved discoverability.