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description: Support the community
keywords: support, community, users, irc
title: Support the community
---

With millions of Docker users all over the world, there's always someone who
needs a helping hand. Like many open source projects, the Docker project relies
on community support channels like forums, IRC, and StackOverflow.  You should
contribute mentoring if you have good knowledge of:

* how open source projects run
* using Docker in some particular domain (for example, testing or deployment)
* using Git, Go, GitHub, IRC, or other common tools

Also, choose mentoring if you like to be happy. Studies show that <a
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/03/five-minute-favor-adam-rifkin_n_3805090.html" target="_blank">helping others</a> is a great way to
boost your own well being.


## Docker users

Docker users are people using Docker in their daily work. To help Docker users, visit:

* the <a href="https://forums.docker.com/"
target="_blank">Docker Community Forum</a>
* the `#docker` channel on Freenode IRC
*  <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/search?tab=newest&q=docker"
target="_blank">StackOverflow</a>

You can also check the <a href="https://github.com/docker/docker/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Akind%2Fquestion+-label%3Astatus%2Fclaimed+-label%3Astatus%2Fassigned+no%3Aassignee" target="_blank">list of
open user questions</a> on the Docker project.


## Docker contributors

Docker contributors are people like you contributing to Docker open source.
Contributors may need help with IRC, Go programming, Markdown, or with other
aspects of contributing. To help Docker contributors:

* the <a href="https://gitter.im/docker/docker" target="_blank">Docker Gitter IM
</a> room
* the <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/docker-dev"
target="_blank">docker-dev</a>  Google group
* the `#docker-dev` channel on Freenode IRC