diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb7a318
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# Contributing
+## Goal
+The main goal of this project is to make server hopping possible and to give minetest servers control over it. It should support protocol versions >= 37.
+The secondary goal is to provide a plugin API that should at least have the capabilities of the MT Lua API.
+This will be much easier if anon5's MT module is expanded to support the full network protocol.
+## Issues
+Issues should be opened to
+* report bugs
+* request new features
+* discuss new features before opening a pull request
+### Bug reports
+When reporting bugs please use the **latest version** of multiserver and Minetest 5.3.0+ and provide the following information:
+* Minetest version
+* Related log messages (MT and multiserver)
+* Whether it is a client or a server issue
+* (Optional) What might be causing the issue
+Please test if the bug is caused by multiserver before submitting an issue.
+### Feature requests
+When requesting a feature be sure to describe it in detail. Provide all the information necessary to implement it if you can.
+## Pull requests
+Recommended way to contribute:
+1. Fork this project
+2. Open a new branch for each feature or fix
+3. Merge upstream changes if there are any
+4. Code
+5. Open one pull request per feature/fix
+### Features
+You can open an issue to discuss a feature before starting to code. This way you won't waste your time implementing a feature that is never going to get merged.
+### Merge probability
+#### Instant rejection
+* Proprietary software
+* Incompatible changes
+#### Low
+* Fixes for issues with one or more assignees
+* Adding new ways to achieve something that is already possible (unless it is made significantly easier)
+* Code not formatted by gofmt
+#### Medium
+* New features
+* Fixing minor bugs
+* Changes that close issues
+#### High
+* Fixing bugs
+* Updating dependencies
+* Increasing code quality