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   1 [[!meta title="Contributing to Tails"]]
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   3
   4 There are many ways you can contribute to Tails. No effort is too
   5 small and whatever you bring to this community will be appreciated.
   6 So read on to find out how you can make a difference in Tails.
   7
   8 <div class="contribute-roles-1">
   9 <h2>Share your experience</h2>
  10 <div class="contribute-role" id="user">
  11   [[!img user.png link=no]]
  12   <p>Every user can help others or provide developers with useful information.</p>
  13   <ul>
  14     <li>[[Report bugs|doc/first_steps/bug_reporting]]</li>
  15     <li>[[Test experimental Tails images|contribute/how/testing]]</li>
  16     <li>[[Provide input to developers|contribute/how/input]]</li>
  17     <li>[[Help other Tails users|contribute/how/help]]</li>
  18   </ul>
  19 </div>
  20 </div>
  21
  22 <div class="contribute-roles-1">
  23 <h2>Donate</h2>
  24 <div class="contribute-role" id="donate">
  25   [[!img donate.png link=no]]
  26   <p>Donating speeds up the development of Tails.</p>
  27   <ul>
  28     <li><a href="https://tails.boum.org/donate/?r=contribute">Make a donation</a></li>
  29   </ul>
  30 </div>
  31 </div>
  32
  33 <div class="contribute-roles-3">
  34 <h2>Contribute your language skills</h2>
  35 <div class="contribute-role" id="content-writer">
  36   <h3>Writer</h3>
  37   [[!img writer.png link=no]]
  38   <p>Good writers can make Tails accessible to more people.</p>
  39   <ul>
  40     <li>[[Improve documentation|contribute/how/documentation]]</li>
  41     <li>[[Write press releases|contribute/how/promote]]</li>
  42   </ul>
  43 </div>
  44 <div class="contribute-role" id="translator">
  45   <h3>Translator</h3>
  46   [[!img translator.png link=no]]
  47   <p>Translators can allow more people around the world to use Tails.</p>
  48   <ul>
  49     <li>[[Improve Tails in your own language|contribute/how/translate]]</li>
  50   </ul>
  51 </div>
  52 <div class="contribute-role" id="speaker">
  53   <h3>Speaker</h3>
  54   [[!img speaker.png link=no]]
  55   <p>Speakers can advocate Tails to all kinds of public.</p>
  56   <ul>
  57     <li>[[Outreach material: logo, leaflets, stickers, etc.|contribute/how/promote]]</li>
  58     <li>[[Press and media information|press]]</li>
  59   </ul>
  60 </div>
  61 </div>
  62
  63 <div class="contribute-roles-3">
  64 <h2>Contribute your computer skills</h2>
  65 <div class="contribute-role" id="developer">
  66   <h3>Developer or maintainer</h3>
  67   [[!img software_developer.png link=no]]
  68   <p>Software people with very diverse skills can improve Tails.</p>
  69   <ul>
  70     <li>[[Work on the source code|contribute/how/code]]</li>
  71     <li>[[Improve Tails by working on Debian|contribute/how/debian]]</li>
  72   </ul>
  73 </div>
  74 <div class="contribute-role" id="sysadmin">
  75   <h3>System administrator</h3>
  76   [[!img system_administrator.png link=no]]
  77   <p>System administrators can contribute to the infrastructure behind Tails.</p>
  78   <ul>
  79     <li>[[Run a HTTP mirror|contribute/how/mirror]]</li>
  80     <li>[[Improve Tails infrastructure|contribute/how/sysadmin]]</li>
  81   </ul>
  82 </div>
  83 <div class="contribute-role" id="designer">
  84   <h3>Designer</h3>
  85   [[!img designer.png link=no]]
  86   <p>Designers can make Tails easier to use and more appealing.</p>
  87   <ul>
  88     <li>[[Improve the website|contribute/how/website]]</li>
  89     <li>[[Design graphics|contribute/how/graphics]]</li>
  90     <li>[[Improve the Tails user experience|contribute/how/user_experience]]</li>
  91   </ul>
  92 </div>
  93 </div>
  94
  95 <div class="toc">
  96
  97         <h1>Table of contents</h1>
  98
  99         <ol>
 100                 <li class="L2"><a href="#reference-documents">Reference documents</a></li>
 101                 <li class="L2"><a href="#tools">Tools for contributors</a></li>
 102                 <li class="L2"><a href="#release-cycle">Release cycle</a></li>
 103                 <li class="L2"><a href="#upstream">Relationship with upstream</a></li>
 104                 <li class="L2"><a href="#collective-process">Collective process</a></li>
 105                 <li class="L2"><a href="#talk">Talk with us</a></li>
 106         </ol>
 107
 108 </div> <!-- .toc -->
 109
 110 <div class="note">
 111
 112 This section is only in English, because there is currently no way to
 113 contribute to Tails if you do not understand English.
 114
 115 </div>
 116
 117 <a id="reference-documents"></a>
 118
 119 Reference documents
 120 ===================
 121
 122   - [[Mission and values|contribute/mission]]
 123   - [[Design documents|contribute/design]]
 124   - [Blueprints](https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/blueprints/-/wikis/) to help structuring ideas for future improvements
 125   - [[Merge policy|contribute/merge_policy]]
 126   - [[!tails_website contribute/how/promote/material/logo desc="Logo"]]
 127   - [[Personas|contribute/personas]]
 128
 129 <a id="tools"></a>
 130
 131 Tools for contributors
 132 ======================
 133
 134   - Source code: [[Git repositories|contribute/git]]
 135   - [[!tails_roadmap desc="Roadmap"]]
 136   - [[GitLab source code and bug tracker|contribute/working_together/GitLab]]
 137   - [[Starter tasks|starter_tasks]] for new contributors
 138   - [[Building a Tails image|contribute/build]]
 139     - [[Build a local copy of the website|contribute/build/website]]
 140     - [[Customize Tails|contribute/customize]]
 141     - [Nightly Tails image builds](https://nightly.tails.boum.org)
 142     - [[Jenkins CI|contribute/working_together/roles/sysadmins/Jenkins]]
 143   - Debian packages
 144     - [[APT repository|contribute/APT_repository]], to store our custom Debian packages
 145     - How we manage and upgrade the [[Linux kernel|contribute/Linux_kernel]].
 146     - How we manage and upgrade [[contribute/tor]].
 147   - [[Glossary for contributors|contribute/glossary]]
 148
 149 <a id="release-cycle"></a>
 150
 151 Release cycle
 152 =============
 153
 154   - [[Release schedule|contribute/release_schedule]]
 155   - [[Release process|contribute/release_process]]
 156     - [[Manual test suite|contribute/release_process/test]]
 157     - [[Automated test suite|contribute/release_process/test/automated_tests]]
 158
 159 <a id="upstream"></a>
 160
 161 Relationship with upstream and derivatives
 162 ==========================================
 163
 164   - [[Relationship with upstream|contribute/relationship_with_upstream]]
 165   - [[Improve Tails by working on Debian|contribute/how/debian]]
 166   - [[About creating Tails derivatives|contribute/derivatives]]
 167
 168 <a id="collective-process"></a>
 169
 170 Collective process
 171 ==================
 172
 173   - [[Calendar|contribute/calendar]] of releases, meetings, working sessions, etc.
 174   - [[Code of conduct|contribute/working_together/code_of_conduct]]
 175   - [[Social contract|doc/about/social_contract]]
 176   - [[Marking a task as Starter|contribute/working_together/criteria_for_starter_tasks]]
 177   - [[Document progress|contribute/working_together/GitLab#document-progress]]
 178   - Reimbursements
 179     - [[Organizing a sprint|contribute/sprint]]
 180     - [[Sponsorship to attend events on behalf of Tails|contribute/sponsorship_to_attend_events]]
 181     - [[Hardware and other reimbursements|contribute/reimbursements]]
 182   - Teams
 183     - [[Accounting and management team|contribute/working_together/roles/accounting]]
 184     - [[Foundations team|contribute/working_together/roles/foundations_team]]
 185     - [[Help desk|contribute/working_together/roles/help_desk]]
 186     - [[Release managers|contribute/working_together/roles/release_manager]]
 187     - [[Ticket gardeners|contribute/working_together/roles/ticket_gardener]]
 188     - [[Sysadmins|contribute/working_together/roles/sysadmins]]
 189     - [[Technical writers|contribute/working_together/roles/technical_writer]]
 190     - [[Test suite maintainers|contribute/working_together/roles/test_suite]]
 191     - [[Translation platform maintainers|contribute/working_together/roles/translation_platform]]
 192     - [[UX designers|contribute/working_together/roles/ux]]
 193     - [[Verification JavaScript
 194       maintainers|contribute/working_together/roles/verification_javascript]]
 195   - Interfaces between roles and teams
 196     - [[Developers and Release Managers|contribute/working_together/interfaces/developers_and_release_managers]]
 197   - Roles for sponsor deliverables:
 198       - [[Team manager|contribute/working_together/roles/sponsor_deliverables/team_manager]]
 199       - [[Worker|contribute/working_together/roles/sponsor_deliverables/worker]]
 200   - [[Reports sent to sponsors|contribute/reports]]
 201
 202 <a id="talk"></a>
 203
 204 Contact us
 205 ==========
 206
 207 To talk to other Tails contributors, subscribe to
 208 [[the relevant mailing lists|about/contact]].