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title = "Community"
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**Mailing list**: [coredns-discuss@googlegroups.com](mailto:coredns-discuss@googlegroups.com) - discussion
around CoreDNS usage, community support and developer discussion (rather low traffic, most
discussion happens on Github).

**Slack**: #coredns on https://slack.cncf.io

**Twitter**: [@corednsio](https://twitter.com/corednsio).

**Issue tracker**: Use the [GitHub issue tracker](https://github.com/coredns/coredns/issues)
to file bugs and features request. If you need support, please send your questions to the
coredns-discuss mailing list rather than filing a GitHub issue.

**Security issue**: Send an email to [security@coredns.io](mailto:team@coredns.io) and (optionally)
sign using the PGP key with this fingerprint 6A3CF4506D4E7C6BC23CF982258B85CF3880D0F6.

*Please do not ask individual project members for support. Use the channels above instead, where the
whole community can help you and benefit from the solutions provided.*

## Contributing
We welcome community contributions! Please see the
[`CONTRIBUTING.md`](https://github.com/coredns/coredns/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
file in the CoreDNS
repository for instructions on how to submit changes. If you are planning on making more elaborate
or controversial changes, please discuss them on the mailing list or on
[Github](https://github.com/coredns/coredns/issues/new)
before sending a pull request.

## Project Governance
CoreDNS is an independent open-source project and not controlled by any single company.
To emphasize this and clarify our governance structure, we joined the [Cloud Native Computing
Foundation](https://cncf.io) in 2017.

<a href="https://cncf.io/"><img src="/images/cncf-logo.png"></a>

## Code of Conduct
To make CoreDNS a welcoming and harassment-free experience for everyone, we follow the [CNCF Code
of Conduct](https://github.com/cncf/foundation/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md)
