Contribute to BOINC

There are several areas in which you can to contribute to BOINC.

Each area has its own communication channel, such as an email list. If you want to contribute in an area, you should read the communication channel to get an idea of what is involved.

In some areas, your contributions are evaluated by committers before being used. If you make a lot of good contributions, you can request to become a committer yourself.

Programming

Communication

the boinc_dev email list, and the Github issue tracking system.

To contribute

submit patches (either via Github, or email diffs to the boinc_dev list).

Committers

David Anderson, Rom Walton, Bernd Machenschalk,

Testing

Communication

the boinc_alpha email list, and the Github issue tracking system.

To contribute

Committers

David Anderson, Rom Walton

Documentation

Communication

the boinc_doc Google group.

To contribute

Committers

David Anderson

Translation

Communication

the boinc_loc email list.

To contribute

Committers

Rom Walton

Support

Communication

the BOINC message boards, and the boinc_helpers email list

To contribute

Committers

Jord van der Elst, Kathryn Marks