diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fbe554c..a870980 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
   - Added by [William Entriken](https://github.com/fulldecent)
 - Full API documentation with headerdoc
   - Added by [William Entriken](https://github.com/fulldecent)
+- Contributing guidelines and release process documentation
+  - Added by [William Entriken](https://github.com/fulldecent) in regards to issue
+  [#93](https://github.com/fulldecent/FDBarGuage/issues/93).
 
 #### Fixed
 - Crash of the iPad example when present from window is tapped
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b7f9eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Contributing
+
+All contributors are welcome. Please use issues and pull requests to contribute to the project. And update [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md) when committing.
+
+# Release Process
+
+1. Confirm the build is passing in travis
+   1. This automatically checks the pod file is building
+2. Create a release commit, see [prior releases](https://github.com/fulldecent/FDTake/releases) for an example
+   1. Update the change log to label the latest improvements under the new version name
+   2. Update the podspec version number
+3. Tag the release in GitHub
+   1. Create the release commit
+   2. Create the release with notes from the change log
+3. Push the podspec to cocoapods
+   1. `pod trunk push`
+4. Create Carthage binaries
+   1. `carthage build --no-skip-current`
+   2. `carthage archive FDBarGuage`
+   3. Add to the GitHub release