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title: Community
description: Information on the various ways to participate and interact with the Istio community.
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Istio is an open source project with an active community that supports its use and on-going development. We'd love for you
to join us and get involved!

There are quite a few ways to get plugged in with the Istio community:

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      <td class="logo"><img src="/img/mailing-list.svg" alt="Mailing Lists"/></td>
      <td class="desc">
        Join the <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/istio-users">istio-users@</a> mailing list to participate in
         discussions
        and get help troubleshooting problems.
        Join <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/istio-announce">istio-announce@</a> to hear about the latest
        releases, events, and other happenings.
        There's also the <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/istio-dev">istio-dev@</a> mailing list which
        is used to discuss development issues around the Istio project.
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    </tr>

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      <td class="logo"><img src="/img/twitter.svg" alt="Twitter"/></td>
      <td class="desc">
        Follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/IstioMesh">Twitter</a> to get the latest news.
      </td>
    </tr>

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      <td class="logo"><img src="/img/stackoverflow.svg" alt="Stack Overflow"/></td>
      <td class="desc">
        <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/istio">Stack Overflow</a> is for practical questions and curated answers
        on deploying, configuring, and using Istio.
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    </tr>

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      <td class="logo"><img src="/img/rocket-chat.svg" alt="Rocket Chat"/></td>
      <td class="desc">
        Chat with members of the Istio community on <a href="https://istio.rocket.chat">Rocket Chat</a>.
      </td>
    </tr>

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      <td class="logo"><img src="/img/github.png" alt="GitHub"/></td>
      <td class="desc">
        <a href="https://github.com/istio/community">GitHub</a> is where development takes place on Istio code.
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      <td class="logo"><img src="/img/drive.png" alt="Team Drive"/></td>
      <td class="desc">
        If you want to get into the nuts and bolts of Istio, check out our growing collection
        of design documents. To access these, simply join the
        <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/istio-team-drive-access">istio-team-drive-access@</a> mailing list.
        Once you've done that, you can head straight to our
        <a href="https://drive.google.com/corp/drive/u/0/folders/0AIS5p3eW9BCtUk9PVA">folder full of technical goodies</a>.
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    </tr>

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      <td class="logo"><img src="/img/group.svg" alt="Working Groups"/></td>
      <td class="desc">
        If you'd like to contribute to the Istio project, consider participating in our
        <a href="https://github.com/istio/community/blob/master/WORKING-GROUPS.md">working groups</a>.
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    </tr>
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