= How is Fedora Organized?

image::orgchart.png[Fedora Organizational Chart,100%]

Fedora is a big project, with many moving parts and dozens of groups and subgroups.
This chart gives a general overview and a sense of how things fit together.
The xref:council::index.adoc[Fedora Council] is our overall leadership and governance body.
Most of the project is then roughly organized under https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fesco/[FESCo]
(the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee) or the
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/mindshare-committee/[Mindshare Committee].

xref:engineering::index.adoc[Engineering teams] includes a list of technical teams and
initiatives, most of which operate under FESCo.

Since many groups are rather informal, don't take the chart as written in stone. Also, if
it is a little overwhelming, don't worry. Fedora is a friendly project — just pick an area
you're interested in, introduce yourself to the people involved, and get started. Or, if
you don't know where to start, see xref:join.adoc[how to get involved].