sqlmodel/docs/help.md

# Help SQLModel - Get Help

Do you like **SQLModel**?

Would you like to help SQLModel, other users, and the author?

Or would you like to get help with **SQLModel**?

There are very simple ways to help (several involve just one or two clicks).

And there are several ways to get help too.

## Subscribe to the FastAPI and Friends newsletter

You can subscribe to the (infrequent) <a href="https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/newsletter" class="external-link" target="_blank">**FastAPI and friends** newsletter</a> to stay updated about:

* News about FastAPI and friends, including SQLModel 🚀
* Guides 📝
* Features ✨
* Breaking changes 🚨
* Tips and tricks ✅

## Star **SQLModel** in GitHub

You can "star" SQLModel in GitHub (clicking the star button at the top right): <a href="https://github.com/tiangolo/sqlmodel" class="external-link" target="_blank">https://github.com/tiangolo/sqlmodel</a>. ⭐️

By adding a star, other users will be able to find it more easily and see that it has been already useful for others.

## Watch the GitHub repository for releases

You can "watch" SQLModel in GitHub (clicking the "watch" button at the top right): <a href="https://github.com/tiangolo/sqlmodel" class="external-link" target="_blank">https://github.com/tiangolo/sqlmodel</a>. 👀

There you can select "Releases only".

By doing it, you will receive notifications (in your email) whenever there's a new release (a new version) of **SQLModel** with bug fixes and new features.

## Connect with the author

You can connect with <a href="https://tiangolo.com" class="external-link" target="_blank">me (Sebastián Ramírez / `tiangolo`)</a>, the author.

You can:

* <a href="https://github.com/tiangolo" class="external-link" target="_blank">Follow me on **GitHub**</a>.
    * See other Open Source projects I have created that could help you.
    * Follow me to see when I create a new Open Source project.
* <a href="https://twitter.com/tiangolo" class="external-link" target="_blank">Follow me on **Twitter**</a>.
    * Tell me how you use SQLModel (I love to hear that).
    * Hear when I make announcements or release new tools.
* <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiangolo/" class="external-link" target="_blank">Connect with me on **Linkedin**</a>.
    * Hear when I make announcements or release new tools (although I use Twitter more often 🤷‍♂).
* Read what I write (or follow me) on <a href="https://dev.to/tiangolo" class="external-link" target="_blank">**Dev.to**</a> or <a href="https://medium.com/@tiangolo" class="external-link" target="_blank">**Medium**</a>.
    * Read other ideas, articles, and read about tools I have created.
    * Follow me to read when I publish something new.

## Tweet about **SQLModel**

<a href="https://twitter.com/compose/tweet?text=I'm loving SQLModel because... https://github.com/tiangolo/sqlmodel cc: @tiangolo" class="external-link" target="_blank">Tweet about **SQLModel**</a> and let me and others know why you like it. 🎉

I love to hear about how **SQLModel** is being used, what you have liked in it, in which project/company are you using it, etc.

## Help others with issues in GitHub

You can see <a href="https://github.com/tiangolo/sqlmodel/issues" class="external-link" target="_blank">existing issues</a> and try and help others, most of the times they are questions that you might already know the answer for. 🤓

## Watch the GitHub repository

You can "watch" SQLModel in GitHub (clicking the "watch" button at the top right): <a href="https://github.com/tiangolo/sqlmodel" class="external-link" target="_blank">https://github.com/tiangolo/sqlmodel</a>. 👀

If you select "Watching" instead of "Releases only" you will receive notifications when someone creates a new issue.

Then you can try and help them solve those issues.

## Create issues

You can <a href="https://github.com/tiangolo/sqlmodel/issues/new/choose" class="external-link" target="_blank">create a new issue</a> in the GitHub repository, for example to:

* Ask a **question** or ask about a **problem**.
* Suggest a new **feature**.

**Note**: if you create an issue, then I'm going to ask you to also help others. 😉

## Create a Pull Request

You can [contribute](contributing.md){.internal-link target=_blank} to the source code with Pull Requests, for example:

* To fix a typo you found on the documentation.
* To propose new documentation sections.
* To fix an existing issue/bug.
* To add a new feature.

## Sponsor the author

You can also financially support the author (me) through <a href="https://github.com/sponsors/tiangolo" class="external-link" target="_blank">GitHub sponsors</a>.

There you could buy me a coffee ☕️ to say thanks. 😄

## Sponsor the tools that power SQLModel

As you have seen in the documentation, SQLModel stands on the shoulders of giants, Pydantic and SQLAlchemy.

You can also sponsor:

* <a href="https://github.com/sponsors/samuelcolvin" class="external-link" target="_blank">Samuel Colvin (Pydantic)</a>
* <a href="https://github.com/sponsors/sqlalchemy" class="external-link" target="_blank">SQLAlchemy</a>

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Thanks! 🚀