Get Involved
Users
- subscribe to the mailing list or forums or join our IRC channel and contribute to the user community by answering requests and take part in discussions
- Report bugs, improve or validate bug reports on the github issue tracker
- Improve the documentation (it's a wiki)
Web developers
- Improve the website - it's a github repository
Programmers
- Fix bugs - good ones to get started are tagged Good First Issue
- Write (better) tests
- Implement new features
- Refactor or clean up code
Donations
- We accept sponsorships as well as individual donations
- For sponsorship opportunities, please contact info@openscad.org
- For donations, we have an Open Collective account. Open Collective handles only pure donations. No goods or services can be expected in return. Any requests for refunds for those purposes will be rejected. For details see their "understanding the types of funds we handle" page.
Forum / Mailing List
Posting via the web interface of the mailing list may require creating a new login via https://lists.openscad.org/register using the same email address that was used for the mailing list subscription before.
Discussion / Talk to Humans / IRC Channel
- Join via the libera.chat web gui (KiwiIRC)
- Connect with an IRC client to #openscad on irc.libera.chat +6697 (TLS)
- Additional documentation on how to connect can be found at https://libera.chat/guides
The Matrix room got disconnected due to issues with the bridge Deportalling from Libera.Chat. Unfortunately there is no solution yet for reconnecting the existing room, a ticket with Matrix support is so far unanswered. If you can help fixing this issue, please reach out.
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