wtf is all-contributors?

All Contributors is a specification for recognizing everyone who helps an open source project, not just the people who write code. The core idea is simple: use a project's README file or another visible documentation page to publicly thank contributors for whatever they bring to the table. People volunteer their free time to open source projects in all sorts of ways, and this project believes everyone deserves credit for their work. The project provides a standardized way to display a contributors table on your project page. Each person gets listed with small emoji icons next to their name that represent the specific type of help they provided. There is an emoji key that covers a wide range of contributions, including things like writing documentation, answering questions, doing design work, translating content, reviewing code submissions, giving talks, maintaining infrastructure, and building tools. This would be used by anyone who maintains or runs an open source project and wants to build a more welcoming, inclusive community. For example, if someone translates your project's documentation into another language, or a designer creates a logo for your project, traditional contributor tools would overlook them entirely because they did not push code. All Contributors makes sure those efforts are visible. There is also a bot available that can automate the process of adding people to the table, so maintainers do not have to manage it manually. The project itself is notably international. Its own documentation has been translated into over a dozen languages, and many of its own contributors are recognized specifically for translation work, which nicely demonstrates the philosophy in practice.