Everyone started somewhere and this page shows where current committers started.
This is a listing of the earliest PRs or mailing lists people sent and a few people that helped them early on.

^ ID ^  First bug report, pull request or mail list post  ^ Acknowledgements ^
| acm | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87545 | jylefort (1st PR), garga (mentor) |
| ade | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85818 | asami, steve |
| amdmi3 | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87483 | pav (1st PR), ehaupt, miwi (mentor) |
| andrew | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41718 |  |
| arved | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30960 | petef (1st PR), will (1st IRC contact), kris (mentor) |
| ashish | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=102446 | alepulver (1st PR), miwi (1st IRC contact), pgj (mentor), tabthorpe (mentor), keramidas (ex-emacs port maintainer) |
| bapt | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=86401 | jadawin, tabthorpe, cognet, des |
| [[BernardSpil|brnrd]] | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=104703 | xmj, koobs |
| [[BryanDrewery|bdrewery]] | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=136082 | bapt (mentor), eadler (mentor), tabthorpe, crees, swills |
| [[ColinPercival|cperciva]] | [[https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=45817|45817 – [PATCH  Fortune files are needlessly randomized]] (2015-12-13) | rwatson, nectar |
| [[ChrisRees|crees]] | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=112277 | [[ReneLadan|rene]], [[ThomasAbthorpe|tabthorpe]], [[MartinWilke|miwi]], [[MarkLinimon|linimon]], [[WesleyShields|wxs]] |
| cs | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=137377 | glarkin (mentor), wen (mentor) |
| [[CySchubert|cy]] | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3985 | nectar (mentor) |
| [[DavidNaylor|dbn]] | [[https://web.archive.org/web/20180218115716/http://markmail.org/message/jegsoo72meuuxkzn|FreeBSD Port: libpreludedb-0.9.10]] (2006-10-24), [[https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=116672|116672 – New Port: x11-theme/cursor-crystal-theme KDE crystal style cursor theme]] (2007-09-26) | avilla (KDE), bdrewery (mentor), eadler (mentor), gerald (wine) |
| [[DavidWolfskill|dhw]] | [[https://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199803201721.JAA03070|scanners and printers]] (1998-03-20) | julian, archie, terry |
| dinoex | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3306 | will (mentor), asami, fenner |
| [[EitanAdler|eadler]] | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=127027 | sahil, bapt, [[MarkLinimon|linimon]], tabthorpe, spawk, kurt |
| farrokhi | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=83013 | miwi (mentor), mat (mentor), bapt (mentor), philip |
| ganbold | http://lists.FreeBSD.org/pipermail/freebsd-ipfw/2003-December/000700.html |  |
| [[GavinAtkinson|gavin]] | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27471 | rwatson, [[MarkLinimon|linimon]], remko, ed (mentor) |
| [[GlenBarber|gjb]] | [[https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=129699|129699 – [patch  Typo in /etc/exports.disabled]] (2008-12-17) | jkois (mentor), keramida (mentor), bcr, [[MarkLinimon|linimon]], tabthorpe, miwi, blackend, manolis, many many others |
| gonzo | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58389 | imp, cognet, jmallet |
|  <del>[[GrahamPerrin|grahamperrin]]</del> | [[https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=203271|203271 – Wi-Fi no longer driven on some hardware with 11.0-CURRENT]] (2015-09-22), [[https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-x11/2015-December/017013.html|Intel GM45 GPU hangs, PC-BSD 11.0-CURRENT, sysctl hw.dri.0.info.i915_error_state]] (2015-12-13) | carlavilla, [[GlenBarber|gjb]] |
| [[IsabellLong|issyl0]] | [[GoogleCodeIn/2011Tasks]] | gavin, theraven, bcr, des, gabor (mentor) |
| jch | https://bugs.FreeBSD.org/172963 | [[JohnBaldwin|jhb]], gnn, rw |
| [[JohnBaldwin|jhb]] | [[http://docs.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199801300243.VAA24622|Good job guys...]] (1998-01-29) | msmith, peter, billf, jkh, ps, dfr, dwhite, grog |
| jilles | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=40486 | ed |
| jkim | [[http://docs.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200209081912.g88JC3jS094069|Add support for the BCM5703x chips]] (2002-09-08) |  |
| jlh | [[https://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20020621002254.B21286|SSH timeout settings]] (2002-06-21) |  |
| jmmv | See the [[http://julipedia.meroh.net/2013/11/joining-freebsd-committer-ranks.html|Joining the FreeBSD committer ranks]] story in my blog |  |  |
| [[JoshPaetzel|jpaetzel]] | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28970 |  |
| jsa | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=126086 | beech, wxs, kwm, [[MarkLinimon|linimon]], tabthorpe, miwi |
| [[KubilayKocak|koobs]] | [[https://web.archive.org/web/20180218115710/http://markmail.org/message/dkrx6cjklk5fhnir|Bison 1.75 Port Broken]] (2003-01-09) | eadler (Mentor), lwhsu, miwi, sbz, rm (Mentor), crees |
| kwm | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=47896 | marcus, pav (mentor), adamw |
| lx | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=46982 | edwin - mentor and 1st PR |
| [[MatthiasAndree|mandree]] | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8890 | brian - first PR; ijliao - first ports PR; garga, miwi - ports mentors |
| martymac | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=59252 |  |
| mat | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=31989 | tobez |
| [[MahdiMokhtari|mmokhi]] | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204607 | [[BernardSpil|brnrd]], [[KubilayKocak|koobs]], [[MarkFelder|feld (mentor)]], [[MathieuArnold|mat (mentor)]], [[DavidChisnall|theraven]] |
| neel | http://docs.FreeBSD.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=99742+0+archive/2002/freebsd-hackers/20020224.freebsd-hackers | grehan, imp (mentor) |
| [[NgieCooper|ngie]] | http://lists.FreeBSD.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2006-January/109507.html |
| [[RusmirDusko|nemysis]] | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=166854 | [[MartinWilke|miwi]], [[WesleyShields|wxs]],  [[WilliamGrzybowski|wg]], pawel (mentors), [[BeechRintoul|beech]], ak (1st PR), madpilot (viewnior), [[ThomasAbthorpe|tabthorpe]], [[BernhardFroehlich|decke]], [[SteveWills|swills]], [[EitanAdler|eadler]], grog, nox, matt, jgh, danfe, rm, [[PietroCerutti|gahr]], and many others |
| [[DavidOBrien|obrien]] | http://docs.FreeBSD.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=869546+0+archive/1995/freebsd-hackers/19950618.freebsd-hackers | jkh, asami |
| [[PauAmma|pauamma]] | See my user page | debdrup most of all, then jrm, then a bunch of others |
| pav | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41446 | marcus, adamw (mentor) |
| [[PeterWemm|peter]] | http://docs.FreeBSD.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=148207+0+archive/1995/freebsd-hackers/19950514.freebsd-hackers | julian, wollman, davidg, dyson, rgrimes, jkh, bde |
| pfg | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2130 | asami, msmith, maho, thierry, [[JohnBaldwin|jhb]] (mentor) |
| pgj | http://lists.FreeBSD.org/pipermail/cvs-doc/2007-September/016618.html | gabor (doc and ports mentor), tabthorpe (ports mentor) |
| rene | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=57241 | remko/[[GlenBarber|gjb]] (doc mentors), tabthorpe (ports mentor), edwin (1st PR) |
| rm | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=107407 | miwi, glarkin, novel (mentors), wen, itetcu (1st PR), too many others to mention |
| [[SeanFarley|scf]] | [[http://marc.info/?l=ipfilter&m=94411075006511|FreeBSD kernel panic: rtfree]] (1999-12-02) | darrenr, wes (mentor) |
| skozlov | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=180446 | amdmi3, junovitch, wg, sbruno (mentor), and many others |
| shurd | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18088 | db, skreuzer (ports mentors), sbruno (src mentor), mmacy, scottl, phk, and many others |
| swills | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33521 | pgollucci |
| tabthorpe | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=97925 | clsung, miwi, rafan |
| thierry | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25534 | dinoex |
| tj | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=110705 | db, eadler (mentors), too many others to mention |
| [[VeniaminGvozdikov|vg]] | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=125251 | abbe, amdmi3, danfe, eadler (mentor), makc, miwi, osa (mentor), rm (mentor), wen and others too |
| wblock | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=36263 | [[GlenBarber|gjb]] (mentor), bcr (mentor), too many others to mention |
| woodsb02 | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=191413 | adamw (first port commit / mentor), koobs (mentor), mat (mentor) |
| [[GuangyuanYang|ygy]] | [[https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/events/blog/blog-post/building-a-physical-freebsd-build-status-dashboard/|Building a Physical FreeBSD Build Status Dashboard – FreeBSD Foundation]] (2017) | emaste (supervisor / mentor at the foundation), delphij (mentor), loader (mentor) |

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