Alpine Linux:Contribute

There are many ways that you can contribute. Whether you are a normal user, a geek, or a hardcore developer, the one and most important thing you can do is to actually use Alpine Linux.

For ensuring the long-term sustainability of Alpine Linux, financial contributions can be made through Opencollective. The list below explains some of the other ways that you can contribute.

Contribute quality

Tip: Be polite when reporting bugs or asking for new features; after all, the developers have no obligation to do it.

• Submit bug reports
• Suggest new features/ideas (Previously: features/ideas and packages)
• Submit new packages that you've created, or patches to existing packages. For more information about developing on Alpine Linux, read our Developer Documentation.
• Check the coverage of the Anitya release monitoring database for your favourite packages, and add new mappings as needed.
• Submit artwork (icons, backgrounds, logos)
• Correct spelling and grammar mistakes in the documentation
• Help maintain the wiki

Contribute documentation

• Help write good documentation
• Translate the documentation (and program texts) into another language
• Proofread existing documentation, follow the examples, and make corrections
• Create diagrams, screenshots, and graphics for the documentation
• Develop style, formatting, spelling, and grammar conventions for documenters
• Expand the Glossary of technical terms (so non-geeks can understand)
• Convert documentation into more formats

Contribute support

• Answer questions on the IRC channels, mailing lists, reddit and StackOverflow
• Contribute to (or start) an online support group
• Post a tutorial or other to https://asciinema.org
• Write HOWTOs and post them in the Tutorials and Howtos or your own blog

Contribute publicity

Tip: As Alpine Linux gets more well-known, there will be more people wanting to use Alpine Linux and contribute.

• Link to the Alpine Linux web site
• Write reviews
• Convince people to choose Open Source products when possible
• Write about new ways of using an Open Source application

Contribute appreciation

• Express your appreciation to developers (through e-mail, bug reports, and IRC)
• Donate or gift Developers (some have wishlists for this)
• Send the programmers post cards
• Contribute to musl libc development