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# How to contribute

The Nix ecosystem is developed by many volunteers and a few paid developers, maintaining one of the largest open source software distributions in the world.
Keeping it working and up to date – and improving it continuously – would not be possible without your support.
Keeping it working and up to date – and improving it continuously – would not be possible without your support!

This guide shows how you can contribute to {term}`Nix`, {term}`Nixpkgs` or {term}`NixOS`.
It assumes that you're already somewhat proficient with basic concepts and workflows, which are outlined in the [beginner tutorial series](tutorials).
The most important aspects are [the Nix language](reading-nix-language), the various Nixpkgs mechanisms for [constructing derivations to build software](packaging-tutorial)</a>, [the module system](module-system-tutorial), and [NixOS integration tests](integration-testing-vms).

:::{important}
If you cannot contribute time, consider [donating to the NixOS Foundation on Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/nixos).

Currently the focus is on funding in-person events to share knowledge and grow the community of developers proficient with Nix.
Currently the focus is on [funding in-person events](https://github.com/NixOS/foundation/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20label%3Afunding-request%20) to share knowledge and grow the community of developers proficient with Nix.
With enough budget, it would be possible to pay for ongoing maintenance and development of critical infrastructure and code – demanding work that we cannot expect to be done by volunteers indefinitely.
:::

## Getting started

Start with asking informed questions, after reading reference documentation and the code relevant to what you care about.
Start with asking informed questions, after reading [reference documentation](reference) and the code relevant to what you care about.

[Join our community communication platforms](https://nixos.org/community) to get in contact with other users and developers.
Check out and consider participating in our [community teams](https://nixos.org/community/#governance-teams) if you're interested in a particular topic.
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