Contribute
ownCloud is an open source project. That means it is yours. You can study, improve and share it however you like.
Do you want to get a certain improvement in ownCloud? Did you find a problem? Do you want to help translate, promote or document ownCloud?
Become part of the ownCloud Community and help us liberate data across the globe!
How to participate:
Improve ownCloud
- Develop your own ownCloud Server app (app development documentation)
- Get a bug fixed (bugtracker documentation and general guidelines and setup)
- Improve the ownCloud Core (core development documentation)
- Learn to write ownCloud code. (Try your hands on a Junior Job and see the project ideas page)
Talk to us on IRC and on our mailing list! We look forward to your code and thoughts.
Test ownCloud
Testing upcoming ownCloud Server releases is the best way of making sure the new release can do what you need it to do. And of course, only if you report a problem to us we know about it and can fix it! If you have a bug to report, find the issue submission guidelines here.
Anybody interested in helping out with ownCloud Server testing is invited to join the ownCloud Test Pilot team. See the Test Pilot documentation for information!.
Translate and document ownCloud
Translate ownCloud to your language. Go to Transifex and get going!
Help us improve the ownCloud documentation! Find out how to make a difference in this contribution guide!

The animation shows the easiest way to contribute to the ownCloud documentation. Go to the documentation in Github, click the 'edit' icon on a page, make the changes and create a pull request. This will notify the documentation maintainers of your proposed change and after review, it can be included!
Design ownCloud
Help out with ownCloud user interaction design or graphic design! Get involved on the design page!Support ownCloud development with bounties
Support ownCloud development by offering some money on features you would like to have! Check our bountysource page!Answer questions about ownCloud use and development
Help answer questions users and developers have about ownCloud!
- Join the ownCloud forums on ownCloud Central and look for unanswered questions
- Answer ownCloud development questions on Stack Overflow and Spiceworks
- Answer ownCloud user questions on the ownCloud user mailing list
Please be considerate of our code of conduct! We like to provide a positive and enjoyable environment for everybody.
Let's make ownCloud Rock!
If you have any questions, we are happy to help you.