thank you for wanting to contribute 😄
gester requires >= Node LTS and currently doesn't support Node 10 because of the leveldown dependency
Get the code and install dependencies:
$ git clone https://github.com/stripedpajamas/gester.git
$ cd gester
$ npm install
to run gester from source:
npm start
if you're playing around, i recommend either sending private messages to yourself or spinning up a new test SSB identity.
if there isn't an existing issue for the problem/feature your PR is for, open one so it can get some discussion and you don't waste time. then link to it in your PR.
make sure your code is Standard-linted.