Contributing

How to Contribute

1. Report issues first: Open an Issue. If it needs clarification, start a Discussion.
2. Propose changes: Open a PR after aligning scope and design via an Issue or a short sync (Cooperation Form).
3. Get unblocked: Use the Cooperation Form and join office hours (Friday afternoons) for live discussion.

Cooperation Form: https://forms.gle/R4VvgiVveULibTCCA

PR Checklist

• Provide a short summary and link to the related Issue.
• Include screenshots or GIFs for visual changes.
• Run local checks before submitting (e.g., make check in the main repo).

Citation

The StarVLA technical report is available on arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2604.05014.

@misc{starvla,
      title={StarVLA: A Lego-like Codebase for Vision-Language-Action Model Developing},
      author={StarVLA Community},
      year={2026},
      eprint={2604.05014},
      archivePrefix={arXiv},
      primaryClass={cs.RO},
      url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.05014},
}

License & Rebase Notes

StarVLA is released under the MIT License, which permits commercial use, modification, distribution, and private use.

When rebasing from upstream StarVLA, use descriptive commit messages (e.g., chore: rebase from StarVLA) and keep at least the two latest upstream commits as separate.