![Calico Logo](images/calico-animated.gif)

# Calico Community

Project Calico is an open source project that provides networking and network security solution for containers,
virtual machines, and bare-metal workloads. The Project Calico Community is committed to fostering an open and welcoming
environment, with several ways to engage with other users and developers. We encourage and welcome your participation in
the community.

## Community Meetings
The Calico maintainers host a monthly online community meeting where everyone is welcome. If you have something you’d like to
talk about, please add it to the upcoming meeting agenda.

- [Community Event Calendar](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=tigera.io_uunmavdev5ndovf0hc4frtl0i0%40group.calendar.google.com)
  (google calendar)
- [Zoom Meeting](https://zoom.us/j/270294702?pwd=K1dsSEpwUDVPZEozSmJONFNtRXVZUT09) (additional dial in details in calendar)
- [Meeting Details](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b6-ZS7UmRP_-XDq4XnlaKyb7lW9xbnzJ4mt5JK7ASHY/)
  (agenda, minutes, and recordings)


## Slack
The Calico Users [Slack group](https://slack.projectcalico.org) is a great place to get community support or connect with
other users and Calico developers.

[![Slack Status](https://slack.projectcalico.org/badge.svg)](https://slack.projectcalico.org)

## Discourse

The Calico [Discourse forum](https://discuss.projectcalico.org) is another great place to get help, find answer to common
questions, or raise any other Calico related topic for discussion.

[![Discourse Status](https://img.shields.io/discourse/status.svg?server=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.projectcalico.org)](https://discuss.projectcalico.org)

## Twitter

Follow [@projectcalico](https://twitter.com/projectcalico) for up-to-date news, announcements, blog posts, and
other information

## Contributing

Join the other Calico heroes by contributing to the project. Everything from a new feature through to a one character docs
fix is welcome.

To get started, read this [guide](https://github.com/projectcalico/calico/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING_CODE.md). We encourage you
to connect with other contributors and maintainers in the `#contributors` channel in the Calico Users
[slack group](https://slack.projectcalico.org)

If you are looking for open github issues to potentially help work on, these filters are a good starting point
(you must be logged in to GitHub to see these issues):

* First time contributor help wanted
  [issues](https://github.com/issues?q=is%3Aopen+user%3Aprojectcalico+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22+)
* Full list of help wanted
  [issues](https://github.com/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aopen+user%3Aprojectcalico+label%3A%22help+wanted%22+)

## Code of Conduct

We are dedicated to providing a welcoming and harassment-free experience for everyone. We ask that our users and contributors
take a few minutes to review our [code of conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).

## Acknowledgments

Calico was originally created by the team at [Tigera](https://tigera.io). A very special thanks to the
[long list of people](https://github.com/projectcalico/calico/blob/master/AUTHORS.md) who have contributed to and helped
maintain the project. Additional thanks to all the Calico enthusiasts who have helped spread the word about Calico. It's the
breadth of this community that has helped make Calico what it is today!