# Does OpenFHE have Coding Style Guidelines?

**URL:** <https://openfhe.discourse.group/t/does-openfhe-have-coding-style-guidelines/96>\
**Category:** FAQ\
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**Created:** [August 10, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://openfhe.discourse.group/t/does-openfhe-have-coding-style-guidelines/96 "2022-08-10T18:12:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://openfhe.discourse.group/t/does-openfhe-have-coding-style-guidelines/96/1 "2022-08-10T18:12:38Z")

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For information on our:

- C++ style guidelines visit [OpenFHE Contributing #Guidelines](https://openfhe-development.readthedocs.io/en/latest/sphinx_rsts/contributing/style_guide.html?highlight=python#openfhe-style-guide), which is based off of [Google C++ Style Guidelines](https://google.github.io/styleguide/cppguide.html)

- Python Style Guidelines visit [OpenFHE Contributing #Python](https://openfhe-development.readthedocs.io/en/latest/sphinx_rsts/contributing/style_guide.html?highlight=python#python), which is based off of [pep8](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/)

**Note** : Insofar as C++ is concerned, we have automated syntax checking on commit using `clang-format`, so many of the above formatting rules will be automatically made.