You can make a difference to one of the most quickly growing languages and the future of open-source software as a whole. Open source projects rely on contributions from volunteers. Contributions enable both the project and volunteers to grow and develop. No matter how you contribute to the Julia ecosystem, it will be a great experience for you.

Contributing to the Julia ecosystem brings the following benefits:

• Become a member of a community that’s excited about open source and sharing knowledge.

• Build a track record of public contributions which will help build your career.

• Build confidence with Julia.

• Gain visibility for your package.

• Help others level up their Julia skills.

Contribution Pathways

Your first step is to identify how you want to start contributing to the Julia ecosystem. For example, you can start by writing a blog post about how you used Julia to solve a problem. Then, you can create a new package or improve one that you have used. You can take multiple paths, some of which might cross.

If you are a complete beginner to the Julia language or programming in general, then you can consider going through any of the resources that the community has created to help you get started.

We suggest the following paths as a starting point in your contribution journey:

• Build: You can write code or documentation:

  • Code

    • Contribute to core Julia.

      • Find an open issue.

      • Report a security issue.

    • Contribute to an existing package.

      • Find a help wanted issue.

      • Find a good first issue.

      • Find a hacktoberfest issue.

    • Develop a new package.

    • Review a package submitted to the Julia Registry.

    • File a bug report.

    • Write tests.

    • Make a feature request.

  • Documentation

    • Create new documents: Write new sections of existing documentation, docstrings, and tutorials.

    • Improve existing documents: Update outdated documentation, fix typos and broken links.

• Help: You can help spread the word about the Julia ecosystem:

  • Read the Code of Conduct.

  • Share a use case.

  • Write a blog post and submit it to the Julia Language Blog Aggregator.

  • Ask and answer questions on Zulip or Discourse.

  • Engage on Twitter.

  • Attend a Julia event.

We are also open to any suggestions or ideas that you might have. You can suggest your ideas to the community. We will do our best to help you bring it to life!

The Julia community is more than happy to help you with any questions related to your contribution. You can get help in any of the following channels:

• Julia Zulip: The community uses Zulip for informal communications.

• Official Julia Slack: The community also uses the Julia Slack for informal communications. However, bear in mind that messages disappear over time because of the limits of the free version of Slack.

• Julia Discourse forum: The community discusses Julia development in the Discourse forum. In general, we recommend asking technical questions on Discourse. Questions and answers posted on Discourse remain on the web and public indefinitely.

• Julia FAQ: In the Frequently Asked Questions section of the Julia Documentation, you can find answers to the most common questions from Julia beginners.

• StackOverflow: It has a growing number of Julia questions and answers.