grafana/CONTRIBUTING.md
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# Contributing to Grafana
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).
This document is a guide to help you through the process of contributing to Grafana.
## Become a contributor
You can contribute to Grafana in several ways. Here are some examples:
- Contribute to the Grafana codebase.
- Report and triage bugs.
- Develop community plugins and dashboards.
- Write technical documentation and blog posts, for users and contributors.
- Organize meetups and user groups in your local area.
- Help others by answering questions about Grafana.
For more ways to contribute, check out the [Open Source Guides](https://opensource.guide/how-to-contribute/).
### Report bugs
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.
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.
#### Security issues
If you believe you've found a security vulnerability, please read our [security policy](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/security/policy) for more details.
### Suggest enhancements
If you have an idea of how to improve Grafana, submit an [enhancement request](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/new?labels=type%3A+feature+request&template=2-feature_request.md).
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.
### Triage issues
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.
Read more about the ways you can [Triage issues](/contribute/triage-issues.md).
### Answering questions
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/).
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.
### Your first contribution
Unsure where to begin contributing to Grafana? Start by browsing issues labeled `beginner friendly` or `help wanted`.
- [Beginner-friendly](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22beginner+friendly%22) issues are generally straightforward to complete.
- [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.
If you're looking to make a code change, see how to set up your environment for [local development](contribute/developer-guide.md).
When you're ready to contribute, it's time to [Create a pull request](/contribute/create-pull-request.md).
#### Contributor License Agreement (CLA)
Before we can accept your pull request, you need to [sign our CLA](https://grafana.com/docs/contribute/cla/). If you haven't, our CLA assistant prompts you to when you create your pull request.
## Where do I go from here?
- Set up your [development environment](contribute/developer-guide.md).
- Learn how to [contribute documentation](contribute/documentation.md).
- Get started [developing plugins](https://grafana.com/docs/plugins/developing/development/) for Grafana.