en	[[!meta title="Contributing to Tails"]]

en	There are many ways you can contribute to Tails. No effort is too small and whatever you bring to this community will be appreciated. So read on to find out how you can make a difference in Tails.

en	[[!toc levels=1]]

en	Ways to contribute

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en	<div class="block block-half"> <h2>Share your experience</h2>

en	[[!img user.png link=no]]

en	<p>Every user can help others or provide developers with useful information.</p> <ul> <li>[[Report errors|doc/first_steps/whisperback]]</li> <li>[[Test experimental Tails images|contribute/how/testing]]</li> <li>[[Provide input to developers|contribute/how/input]]</li> <li>[[Help other Tails users|contribute/how/help]]</li> </ul> </div>

en	<div class="block block-half"> <h2>Donate</h2>

en	[[!img donate.png link=no]]

en	<p>Donating speeds up the development of Tails.</p> <div class="button">[[Donate]]</div> </div>

en	</div>

en	Contribute your language skills

en	<div class="block block-third"> <h2>Writer</h2>

en	[[!img writer.png link=no]]

en	<p>Good writers can make Tails accessible to more people.</p> <ul> <li>[[Improve our documentation|contribute/how/documentation]]</li> </ul> </div>

en	<div class="block block-third"> <h2>Translator</h2>

en	[[!img translator.png link=no]]

en	<p>Translators can allow more people around the world to use Tails.</p> <ul> <li>[[Improve Tails in your own language|contribute/how/translate]]</li> </ul> </div>

en	<div class="block block-third"> <h2>Speaker</h2>

en	[[!img speaker.png link=no]]

en	<p>Speakers can advocate Tails to all kinds of public.</p> <ul> <li>[[Outreach material: logo, leaflets, stickers, etc.|contribute/how/promote]]</li> </ul> </div>

en	Contribute your computer skills

en	<div class="block block-third"> <h2>Developer or maintainer</h2>

en	[[!img software_developer.png link=no]]

en	<p>Software people with very diverse skills can improve Tails.</p> <ul> <li>[[Work on the source code|contribute/how/code]]</li> <li>[[Improve Tails by working on Debian|contribute/how/debian]]</li> </ul> </div>

en	<div class="block block-third"> <h2>System administrator</h2>

en	[[!img system_administrator.png link=no]]

en	<p>System administrators can contribute to the infrastructure behind Tails.</p> <ul> <li>[[Run an HTTP mirror|contribute/how/mirror]]</li> <li>[[Improve Tails infrastructure|https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/tpa/team/-/wikis/tails/processes/contribute]]</li> </ul> </div>

en	<div class="block block-third"> <h2>Designer</h2>

en	[[!img designer.png link=no]]

en	<p>Designers can make Tails easier to use and more appealing.</p> <ul> <li>[[Improve the website|contribute/how/website]]</li> <li>[[Design graphics|contribute/how/graphics]]</li> <li>[[Improve the Tails user experience|contribute/how/user_experience]]</li> </ul> </div>

en	<div class="note">

en	This section is only in English, because there is currently no way to contribute to Tails if you do not understand English.

en	Reference documents

en	[[Mission and values|contribute/mission]]
tr	[[Ziele und Werte|contribute/mission]]

en	[[Design documents|contribute/design]]
tr	[[Ziele und Werte|contribute/mission]]

en	[Blueprints](https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/blueprints/-/wikis/) to help structuring ideas for future improvements

en	[[Merge policy|contribute/merge_policy]]

en	[[!tails_website contribute/how/promote/logo desc="Logo"]]

en	[[Personas|contribute/personas]]
tr	[[Ziele und Werte|contribute/mission]]

en	[[Security issue response policy|contribute/security_policy]]

en	Tools for contributors

en	Source code: [[Git repositories|contribute/git]]

en	[[GitLab source code and bug tracker|contribute/working_together/GitLab]]

en	[[Starter tasks|starter_tasks]] for new contributors

en	[[Building a Tails image|contribute/build]]
tr	[[Ziele und Werte|contribute/mission]]

en	[[Build a local copy of the website|contribute/build/website]]

en	[[Customize Tails|contribute/customize]]

en	[Nightly Tails image builds](https://nightly.tails.boum.org)

en	[[Jenkins CI|https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/tpa/team/-/wikis/tails/services/jenkins]]

en	Debian packages

en	[[APT repository|contribute/APT_repository]], to store our custom Debian packages

en	How we manage and upgrade the [[Linux kernel|contribute/Linux_kernel]].

en	How we manage and upgrade [[contribute/tor]].

en	Tips to develop and debug [[contribute/Tor_Connection]]

en	Tips to develop [[contribute/Persistent_Storage]]

en	[[Glossary for contributors|contribute/glossary]]

en	Release cycle

en	[[Release schedule|contribute/release_schedule]]

en	[[Release process|contribute/release_process]]
tr	[[Ziele und Werte|contribute/mission]]

en	[[Manual test suite|contribute/release_process/test]]

en	[[Automated test suite|contribute/release_process/test/automated_tests]]

en	[[Verification JavaScript|contribute/release_process/verification_javascript]]

en	Relationship with upstream and derivatives

en	[[Relationship with upstream|contribute/relationship_with_upstream]]

en	[[Improve Tails by working on Debian|contribute/how/debian]]

en	[[About creating Tails derivatives|contribute/derivatives]]
tr	[[Ziele und Werte|contribute/mission]]

en	Collective process

en	[[Calendar|contribute/calendar]] of releases

en	[Code of conduct](https://community.torproject.org/policies/code_of_conduct/)

en	[Social contract](https://community.torproject.org/policies/social_contract/)

en	[[People|contribute/working_together/people]]

en	[[Marking a task as Starter|contribute/working_together/criteria_for_starter_tasks]]

en	[[Document progress|contribute/working_together/GitLab#document-progress]]

en	Teams and roles

en	[[Tails Team (formerly known as: Foundations Team)|contribute/working_together/roles/foundations_team]]

en	[[Release manager|contribute/working_together/roles/release_manager]]

en	[[Technical writers|contribute/working_together/roles/technical_writer]]

en	[[Translation platform maintainers|contribute/working_together/roles/translation_platform]]

en	[[UX designers|contribute/working_together/roles/ux]]

en	Interfaces between roles and teams

en	[[Developers and Release Managers|contribute/working_together/interfaces/developers_and_release_managers]]

en	Getting credits

en	We're ok with people getting credits for whatever contribution they did to Tails. Sometimes this is publicly available (for example: in issues, git history, etc.), in which case this is enough for us.

en	In some cases such info might not be publicly visible (for example: facilitation work done for meetings or data that was deleted for some reason). In this case, if the contributor so wish, we're ok with adding explicit public credit somewhere they can link to. If that's your case, please [[contact us|doc/about/contact]].

en	Contact us

en	To talk to other Tails contributors, subscribe to [[the relevant mailing lists|doc/about/contact]].