The Fedora project is a community of people working together to build a Free and Open Source software platform: link:https://getfedora.org[the Fedora Operating System], and its various editions.
You can learn more about Fedora, our mission, our four foundations, our leadership, our current objectives, and how we are organised using the pages linked to in the left hand sidebar.
If you are looking to contribute and already have an idea of how and what to do, go ahead and get started!
Fedora is a xref:orgchart.adoc[massive global organisation] where people with many different skills carry out link:https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join[different roles] to keep the community ticking along.
We use link:https://chat.fedoraproject.org[Matrix/Element] and/or link:https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicating_and_getting_help?rd=Communicate#IRC[IRC] to speak to each other in real time and link:https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicating_and_getting_help?rd=Communicate#Mailing_Lists[mailing lists] for longer discussions for which short live chats may not be enough.
So, if you are not sure of where to begin or have any queries at all, come hang out with the link:https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Join[Fedora Join Special Interest Group (SIG)] on any of our channels:
Here, you can speak to community members and other newcomers while we explore Fedora together.
We will help you learn the systems and processes that the Fedora community uses, and as you gain a better idea of where you would like to contribute, we will also help you learn the skills that you may need.
Taking initiative is an important quality in successful contributors.
So, go on, join a channel and introduce yourself to the community now!
