1 [[!meta title="Contributing to Tails"]]
3 There are many ways you can contribute to Tails. No effort is too
4 small and whatever you bring to this community will be appreciated.
5 So read on to find out how you can make a difference in Tails.
7 <div class="contribute-roles-1">
8 <h2>Share your experience</h2>
9 <div class="contribute-role" id="user">
10 [[!img user.png link=no]]
11 <p>Every user can help others or provide developers with useful information.</p>
13 <li>[[Report bugs|doc/first_steps/bug_reporting]]</li>
14 <li>[[Test experimental ISO images|contribute/how/testing]]</li>
15 <li>[[Provide input to developers|contribute/how/input]]</li>
16 <li>[[Help other Tails users|contribute/how/help]]</li>
21 <div class="contribute-roles-1">
23 <div class="contribute-role" id="donate">
24 [[!img donate.png link=no]]
25 <p>Donating speeds up the development of Tails.</p>
27 <li>[[Make a donation|contribute/how/donate]]</li>
32 <div class="contribute-roles-3">
33 <h2>Contribute your language skills</h2>
34 <div class="contribute-role" id="content-writer">
36 [[!img writer.png link=no]]
37 <p>Good writers can make Tails accessible to more people.</p>
39 <li>[[Improve documentation|contribute/how/documentation]]</li>
40 <li>[[Write press releases|contribute/how/promote]]</li>
43 <div class="contribute-role" id="translator">
45 [[!img translator.png link=no]]
46 <p>Translators can allow more people around the world to use Tails.</p>
48 <li>[[Improve Tails in your own language|contribute/how/translate]]</li>
51 <div class="contribute-role" id="speaker">
53 [[!img speaker.png link=no]]
54 <p>Speakers can advocate Tails to all kinds of public.</p>
56 <li>[[Talk at events|contribute/how/promote]]</li>
61 <div class="contribute-roles-3">
62 <h2>Contribute your computer skills</h2>
63 <div class="contribute-role" id="developer">
64 <h3>Developer or maintainer</h3>
65 [[!img software_developer.png link=no]]
66 <p>Software people with very diverse skills can improve Tails.</p>
68 <li>[[Work on the source code|contribute/how/code]]</li>
69 <li>[[Improve Tails by working on Debian|contribute/how/debian]]</li>
72 <div class="contribute-role" id="sysadmin">
73 <h3>System administrator</h3>
74 [[!img system_administrator.png link=no]]
75 <p>System administrators can contribute to the infrastructure behind Tails.</p>
77 <li>[[Run a HTTP mirror|contribute/how/mirror]]</li>
78 <li>[[Improve Tails infrastructure|contribute/how/sysadmin]]</li>
81 <div class="contribute-role" id="designer">
83 [[!img designer.png link=no]]
84 <p>Designers can make Tails easier to use and more appealing.</p>
86 <li>[[Improve the website|contribute/how/website]]</li>
87 <li>[[Design graphics|contribute/how/graphics]]</li>
88 <li>[[Improve the Tails user interface|contribute/how/user_interface]]</li>
95 <h1>Table of contents</h1>
98 <li class="L2"><a href="#reference-documents">Reference documents</a></li>
99 <li class="L2"><a href="#tools">Tools for contributors</a></li>
100 <li class="L2"><a href="#release-cycle">Release cycle</a></li>
101 <li class="L2"><a href="#upstream">Relationship with upstream</a></li>
102 <li class="L2"><a href="#collective-process">Collective process</a></li>
103 <li class="L2"><a href="#talk">Talk with us</a></li>
110 This section is only in English, because there is currently no way to
111 contribute to Tails if you do not understand English.
115 <a id="reference-documents"></a>
120 - [[Design documents|contribute/design]]
121 - [[Blueprints|blueprint]]
122 - [[Merge policy|contribute/merge_policy]]
123 - [[Logo|promote/logo]]
127 Tools for contributors
128 ======================
130 - Source code: [[Git repositories|contribute/git]]
131 - [[Redmine bug tracker|contribute/working_together/Redmine]]
132 - [Roadmap](https://labs.riseup.net/code/projects/tails/roadmap)
133 - [[Easy tasks|easy_tasks]] for new contributors
134 - [Tasks](https://labs.riseup.net/code/projects/tails/issues)
135 can be filtered by type of work (see links in the sidebar)
136 - [[Building a Tails image|contribute/build]]
137 - [[Build the website|contribute/build/website]]
138 - [[Customize Tails|contribute/customize]]
139 - [[Debian package builder|contribute/Debian_package_builder]], to automatically build our custom packages
140 - [[APT repository|contribute/APT_repository]], to store our custom Debian packages
141 - [[Glossary for contributors|contribute/glossary]]
143 <a id="release-cycle"></a>
148 - [[Release schedule|contribute/release_schedule]]
149 - [[Release process|contribute/release_process]]
150 - [[Manual test suite|contribute/release_process/test]]
152 <a id="upstream"></a>
154 Relationship with upstream
155 ==========================
157 - [[Relationship with upstream|contribute/relationship_with_upstream]]
158 - [[Improve Tails by working on Debian|contribute/how/debian]]
160 <a id="collective-process"></a>
165 - [[Calendar|contribute/calendar]] of releases, meetings, working sessions, etc.
166 - [[Meetings|contribute/meetings]], and minutes from past meetings
167 - [[Marking a task as easy|contribute/working_together/criteria_for_easy_tasks]]
168 - [[Document progress|contribute/working_together/document_progress]]
170 - [[Front desk|contribute/working_together/roles/front_desk]]
171 - [[Release manager|contribute/working_together/roles/release_manager]]
172 - [[Ticket gardener|contribute/working_together/roles/ticket_gardener]]
179 [[!inline pages="contribute/talk" raw="yes"]]