How you can help

Reporting issues

If you spot bugs, mistakes, or inconsistencies in the Go project's code or documentation, please let us know by filing a ticket on our issue tracker. (Of course, you should check it's not an existing issue before creating a new one.)

We pride ourselves on being meticulous; no issue is too small.

Contributing code

Go is an open source project and we welcome contributions from the community.

To get started, read these contribution guidelines for information on design, testing, and our code review process.

Check the tracker for open issues that interest you. Those labeled HelpWanted are particularly in need of outside help.

The Go Project

Build Status

View the status of Go builds across the supported operating systems and architectures.

Roadmap

Features and ideas being developed or discussed by the Go team.

Release History

A summary of the changes between Go releases.

Weekly Snapshot History

A summary of the changes between weekly snapshots of Go.

Developer Mailing List

The golang-dev mailing list is for discussing and reviewing code for the Go project.

For general discussion of Go programming, see golang-nuts.

Checkins Mailing List

A mailing list that receives a message summarizing each checkin to the Go repository.