===== Introduction =====

High-value, simple & easily accessible ways to contribute to %%FreeBSD%%

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===== Activities =====

==== Help & support others users / Talk about FreeBSD online ====

Start conversations, support users and engage in %%FreeBSD%%-related discourse

  * [[IRC]], [[https://forums.freebsd.org|FreeBSD Forums]] or [[https://lists.freebsd.org/|FreeBSD Mailing Lists]]
  * [[https://twitter.com/hashtag/freebsd|Twitter (#freebsd)]], [[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/freebsd|StackOverflow]]
  * See also: [[Community]] for other channels

==== Increase FreeBSD awareness at your favourite upstream project(s) ====

  * Websites, documentation, README's
  * Add %%FreeBSD%% install instructions to documentation/README's
  * Add %%FreeBSD%% to the list of supported operating systems
  * Run software tests, test suites, report successes & failures
  * Add feature requests to add or improve %%FreeBSD%% support, or %%FreeBSD%%-specific features (eg: kqueue(2%%))%%
  * #UpstreamLove

==== Write about what you do, on, or with FreeBSD ====

  * Write a //How To// article
  * Write a blog post describing a new feature, port project or update
  * Write about your experience on %%FreeBSD%%, including the successes, failures and what needs improving.

==== Adopt an unmaintained Port or Package ====

Maintain an [[https://repology.org/metapackages/?maintainer=ports%40freebsd.org|un-maintained port]]
  * [[PortsCheatSheet|FreeBSD Ports: New Contributor 101 / Cheatsheet]]

==== Add to and improve FreeBSD Wiki Content ====

  * Report incorrect or outdated content
  * Suggest additions, changes
  * Create a wiki account, ask a developer to add you to the [[ContributorsGroup|contributor group]]
  * Join #freebsd-wiki (ircs:%%//%%chat.Libera.Chat/freebsd-wiki) on [[IRC]]

==== Manage and Triage FreeBSD Issues/Bugs ====

  * [[Bugzilla/TriageTraining|Analyse/Triage]] a [[https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/|Bug/Issue]] for a port/package you use. Examples:
    * Incorrectly categorized
    * Unclear summaries
    * Incorrectly assigned
    * CC relevant/appropriate people
    * Help issues progress
    * Reproduce issues

===== Skills & Interest Areas =====

==== Frontend Development / HTML, CSS, JavaScript ====

  * Many %%FreeBSD%% Services use or have HTML/CSS/%%JavaScript%% themes or templates. Help us improve the design, usability, performance and accessibility of our user-facing services.
  * This Wiki, [[Bugzilla]], the main %%FreeBSD%% website, among others

==== Language & Writing ====

  * %%FreeBSD%% provides extensive documentation in many forms, including handbooks, manual pages, and this wiki. 
  * Help us write new content, guides, [[CategoryHowTo|howto]]s or tutorials, or level up existing documentation to fill in gaps, or make them more accessible and understandable
  * Wiki: Improve the accessibility, consistency and organisation (information architecture) of our Wiki.
  * Know languages other than English? Help translate our documentation to those languages.

==== Perl ====

  * Bugzilla is written in Perl. Help us write [[Bugzilla]] Extensions, improve automation and extend functionality
  * Perl ports and packages. Create new [[Perl]] ports, and help us keep perl ports up-to-date and well-tested.

==== Python ====

  * The project runs a number of services built on [[Python]]. Some examples include [[https://bsd.to|bsd.to]] (pastebin running dpaste), Limnoria (IRC Bot framework), and this Wiki (%%MoinMoin%%)
  * We have a number of blue-skype projects and services we'd love to build using popular Python frameworks like Django and Flask.
  * [[Python]] ports and packages. Create new Python ports, and help us keep Python ports up-to-date and well-tested.

==== Gaming ====

  * Test and fix Steam games on %%FreeBSD%%. [[https://github.com/shkhln/linuxulator-steam-utils/wiki/Compatibility|Check the Steam Games: FreeBSD Compatibility List]]
    * Join #freebsd-games on IRC Libera Chat or #gaming channel on [[Discord]]

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