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# Contributing to Grafana
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Thank you for your interest in contributing to Grafana! We welcome all people who want to contribute in a healthy and constructive manner within our community. To help us create a safe and positive community experience for all, we require all participants to adhere to the [Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
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This document is a guide to help you through the process of contributing to Grafana.
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## Become a contributor
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You can contribute to Grafana in several ways. Here are some examples:
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- Contribute to the Grafana codebase.
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- Report and triage bugs.
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- Develop community plugins and dashboards.
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- Write technical documentation and blog posts, for users and contributors.
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- Organize meetups and user groups in your local area.
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- Help others by answering questions about Grafana.
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For more ways to contribute, check out the [Open Source Guides](https://opensource.guide/how-to-contribute/).
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### Report bugs
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Before submitting a new issue, try to make sure someone hasn't already reported the problem. Look through the [existing issues](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues) for similar issues.
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Report a bug by submitting a [bug report](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/new?labels=type%3A+bug&template=1-bug_report.md). Make sure that you provide as much information as possible on how to reproduce the bug.
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Follow the issue template and add additional information that will help us replicate the problem.
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For data visualization issues:
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- Query results from the inspect drawer (data tab & query inspector)
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- Panel settings can be extracted in the panel inspect drawer JSON tab
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For a dashboard related issues:
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- Dashboard JSON can be found in the dashboard settings JSON model view
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For authentication and alerting Grafana server logs are useful.
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#### Security issues
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If you believe you've found a security vulnerability, please read our [security policy](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/security/policy) for more details.
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### Suggest enhancements
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If you have an idea of how to improve Grafana, submit an [enhancement request](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/discussions/new).
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We want to make Grafana accessible to even more people. Submit an [accessibility issue](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/new?labels=type%3A+accessibility&template=3-accessibility.md) to help us understand what we can improve.
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### Triage issues
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If you don't have the knowledge or time to code, consider helping with _issue triage_. The community will thank you for saving them time by spending some of yours.
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Read more about the ways you can [Triage issues](/contribute/triage-issues.md).
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### Answering questions
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If you have a question and you can't find the answer in the [documentation](https://grafana.com/docs/), the next step is to ask it on the [community site](https://community.grafana.com/).
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It's important to us to help these users, and we'd love your help. Sign up to our [community site](https://community.grafana.com/), and start helping other Grafana users by answering their questions.
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### Your first contribution
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Unsure where to begin contributing to Grafana? Start by browsing issues labeled `beginner friendly` or `help wanted`.
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- [Beginner-friendly](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22beginner+friendly%22) issues are generally straightforward to complete.
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- [Help wanted](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22help+wanted%22) issues are problems we would like the community to help us with regardless of complexity.
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If you're looking to make a code change, see how to set up your environment for [local development](contribute/developer-guide.md).
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When you're ready to contribute, it's time to [Create a pull request](/contribute/create-pull-request.md).
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#### Contributor License Agreement (CLA)
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Before we can accept your pull request, you need to [sign our CLA](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/cla/). If you haven't, our CLA assistant prompts you to when you create your pull request.
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## Where do I go from here?
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- Set up your [development environment](contribute/developer-guide.md).
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- Learn how to [contribute documentation](contribute/documentation.md).
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- Get started [developing plugins](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/plugins/) for Grafana.
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- Look through the resources in the [contribute](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/tree/main/contribute) folder.
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