Contribute

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Thanks for your interest in contributing to Mozilla! If you’re new to Mozilla you might want to start by visiting contribute.mozilla.org.

Here we’ve compiled a directory of ways you can get involved and contribute to Mozilla and some featured projects to get you started:

Featured projects

Hover over the projects and click on the project title to learn more about it and how you can get involved.

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  Firefox Friends

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  Marketplace Cafe

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  Army of Awesome

Contribution areas

Not exactly what you’re looking for?

Here is a list of projects in Mozilla organized by contribution area. Click the contribution topics to reveal the teams and projects below:

Coding
Area	Project Name	IRC Room	IRC Contact Person	Steward	Relevant web address
		See irc.mozilla.org on how to access it			Project's website	wiki page	Other Resources
General - Firefox	Firefox	#introduction	jdm	Josh Matthews	Introduction	N/A	N/A
General - Firefox OS	Firefox OS
Webdev	Websites	#webdev	groovecoder	Luke Crouch	what can I do for Mozilla	Webdev/GetInvolved	N/A
AddOns	Firefox Add-ons	amo, addons, extdev, amo-editors	amyt	Amy Tsay	addons.mozilla.org	Marketplace/Contributing/Addons	N/A
Marketplace	HTML5 Apps	Marketplace			N/A	Marketplace/Contributing/Apps	N/A
Web Compatability	Diagnosing Web Compatability Issues	webcompat	bear	Mike Taylor	webcompat.com/contributors	N/A	N/A
Cloud Services	Online Services	services-dev	telliott	Toby Elliot	github.com/mozilla-services	CloudServices/Sync	N/A
Science Lab	Collaborate	sciencelab	abbycabs	Abby Cabunoc Mayes	mozillascience.org/collaborate	ScienceLab	N/A

Testing
Area	Project Name	IRC Room	IRC Contact Person	Steward	Relevant web address
		See irc.mozilla.org on how to access it			Project's website	wiki page	Other Resources
General	Testing for Firefox and Firefox OS	qa	marcia	Marcia Knous	quality.mozilla.org	N/A	one and done tool
AddOns	Testing for Firefox Add-Ons	addons, amo	amyt	Amy Tsay	addons.mozilla.org	Marketplace/Contributing/Addons	N/A
Marketplace	Testing for HTML 5 Apps	marketplace			N/A	Marketplace/Contributing/Apps	N/A
Web Compatability	Testing Web Compatability Issues	webcompat	bear	Mike Taylor	webcompat.com/contributors	N/A	N/A

Activism
Area	Project Name	IRC Room	IRC Contact Person	Steward	Relevant web address
		See irc.mozilla.org on how to access it			Project's website	wiki page	Other Resources
Advocacy	Mozilla Advocacy	foundation	davesteer	Dave Steer Stacy Martin	N/A	Privacy/PriMo	N/A

Localization
Area	Project Name	IRC Room	IRC Contact Person	Steward	Relevant web address
		See irc.mozilla.org on how to access it			Project's website	wiki page	Other Resources
Product Localization	Product Localization	l10n	gueroJeff	Jeff Beatty	l10n.mozilla.org	L10n:Contribute#Mozilla_products L10n:Localization_Process
Web Localization	Web Localization					L10n:Contribute#Mozilla_web_sites L10n:Web_parts
Localization Tools Dev	Localization Tools Dev					Contribute#Mozilla_l10n_development_projects	N/A

Helping
Area	Project Name	IRC Room	IRC Contact Person	Steward	Relevant web address
		See irc.mozilla.org on how to access it			Project's website	wiki page	Other Resources
User Support	SUMO	sumo	madalina vesper	Madalina Ana Michal Dziewonski	support.mozilla.org/get-involved	Support	blog.mozilla.org/sumo
Web Compatibility	Help Make Websites Firefox Compatible	webcompat	bear	Mike Taylor	webcompat.com/contributors	Compatibility	N/A

Writing
Area	Project Name	IRC Room	IRC Contact Person	Steward	Relevant web address
		See irc.mozilla.org on how to access it			Project's website	wiki page	Other Resources
Social Media	Comms Squared Example	N/A	N/A	Laura Napoli	N/A	CommSquared	N/A
Journalism, Open News	Journalism	N/A	N/A	N/A	opennews.org	OpenNews	N/A
Tech Documentation for Users	Technical Documentation for Users	sumo	vesper	Michal Dziewonski	get involved	Support	SuMo blog
Tech Documentation for Developers	Technical Documentation for Developers	mdn	jswisher	Janet Swisher	Getting_started	MDN	N/A
AddOns	Technical Documentation for Add-Ons	marketplace	amyt	Amy Tsay	N/A	Marketplace/Contributing/Addons	N/A
Marketplace	Technical Documentation for HTML5 Apps					Marketplace/Contributing/Apps	N/A

Learning
Area	Project Name	IRC Room	IRC Contact Person	Steward	Relevant web address
		See irc.mozilla.org on how to access it			Project's website	wiki page	Other Resources
Webmaker	Mozilla Learning	webmaker	OpenMatt	Matt Thompson	webmaker.org/getinvolved	Webmaker	N/A

Teaching
Area	Project Name	IRC Room	IRC Contact Person	Steward	Relevant web address
		See irc.mozilla.org on how to access it			Project's website	wiki page	Other Resources
Mozilla Learning Networks	Teach the Web	teachtheweb	amirad	Amira Dhalla	teach.mozilla.org	Learning/Networks	N/A
Fellowships	Open News Fellowship	N/A	kissane	Erin Kissane	opennews.org/eventsupport	OpenNews	N/A
Hive	City-based learning networks	foundation	N/A	Chris Lawrence	hivelearningnetworks.org/start-a-hive	Webmaker/Hive	N/A
Science Lab	Mozilla Study Groups	sciencelab	billmills	Bill Mills	mozillascience.github.io	ScienceLab	N/A

Fellowship
Area	Project Name	IRC Room	IRC Contact Person	Steward	Relevant web address
		See irc.mozilla.org on how to access it			Project's website	wiki page	Other Resources
Mozilla Developer Network	MDN Fellowship	mdn	diane	Diane Tate	developer.mozilla.org/fellowship	MDN/DeveloperFellowship	mdn fellowship announcement blog
Mozilla Science Lab	Mozilla Science Fellow	sciencelab	kaythaney	Kaitlin Thaney	training	ScienceLab	N/A

Metrics
Area	Project Name	IRC Room	IRC Contact Person	Steward	Relevant web address
		See irc.mozilla.org on how to access it			Project's website	wiki page	Other Resources
Mozilla Foundation	Dashboard Zero	foundation	adamlofting	Adam Lofting	N/A	Foundation/Metrics/Contribute	github.com/dashboard-zero

To get started, choose a project based on the area or the project you’d like to contribute to and click on the links for details on how to get involved. If you need help contact the project’s steward on IRC or click on the steward’s name to find more ways to get in touch with them.

There are lots of ways you can get involved with each of these teams so if you can’t find what you’re looking for be sure to visit their webpages for more information.

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