Feature - Show our Contributors during on-boarding and in settings

[mrspence]

We want to champion code contributors!

• A screen titled "Our community", with small preview icons of Github contributors (profile pictures)
• A new section in settings, rather like "Open Source credits" which lists our contributors

[RONAK-AI647]

Hey @mrspence, I'd love to grab this issue.

For the UI, I'm planning to build a reusable, native React Native component (a FlatList grid for the onboarding screen and a detailed row list for the settings) rather than embedding a static SVG. This will ensure it feels totally native, scales well on all devices, and respects dark mode nicely.

Before I open a PR, I wanted to get your architectural preference on how we should handle fetching the data from the GitHub API, especially since Whisper AI is heavily focused on privacy and local execution:

Option A: Build-time Script (Offline-first & Private)
I can write a quick script in the scripts/ folder that fetches the contributor JSON during the build process and bundles it as a local asset.

• Pros: Zero network calls required by the user, totally respects the "100% private" offline nature of the app, and no risk of GitHub API rate limits.
• Cons: The list only updates when a new version of the app is released.

Option B: Live Fetch with Local Caching
Fetch the data directly from the GitHub API at runtime, but aggressively cache it locally.

• Pros: The contributor wall is always up to date without needing an app update.
• Cons: Requires a network call on the user's device.

Given the privacy goals of the project, Option A feels like it might align better, but let me know which route you prefer and I'll get started!

[mrspence]

Hi @RONAK-AI647 cheers for reaching out, welcom contributions! I'll put the issue with you;

I agree, option A is a great idea, especially as this will match up with contributions that are committed into a release.

Also worth considering a common, standard way to include contributors that may not exist as code-based contributors (think marketing related contributions for example).