# Repository Management

Here's a short description of how the SQLModel repository is managed and maintained.

## Owner

I, <a href="https://github.com/tiangolo" target="_blank">@tiangolo</a>, am the creator and owner of the SQLModel repository. 🤓

I normally give the final review to each PR before merging them. I make the final decisions on the project, I'm the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent_dictator_for_life" class="external-link" target="_blank"><abbr title="Benevolent Dictator For Life">BDFL</abbr></a>. 😅

## Team

There's a team of people that help manage and maintain the project. 😎

They have different levels of permissions and [specific instructions](./management-tasks.md){.internal-link target=_blank}.

Some of the tasks they can perform include:

* Adding labels to PRs.
* Editing PR titles.
* Adding commits on top of PRs to tweak them.
* Mark answers in GitHub Discussions questions, etc.
* Merge some specific types of PRs.

Joining the team is by invitation only, and I could update or remove permissions, instructions, or membership.

### Team Members

This is the current list of team members. 😎

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{% for user in members["members"] %}

<div class="user"><a href="https://github.com/{{ user.login }}" target="_blank"><div class="avatar-wrapper"><img src="https://github.com/{{ user.login }}.png"/></div><div class="title">@{{ user.login }}</div></a></div>
{% endfor %}

</div>

Additional to them, there's a large community of people helping each other and getting involved in the projects in different ways.

## External Contributions

External contributions are very welcome and appreciated, including answering questions, submitting PRs, etc. 🙇‍♂️

There are many ways to [help maintain SQLModel](./help.md){.internal-link target=_blank}.