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If you are interested in distributed tracing, consider participating and contributing to the open source Tempo project.
Want to learn more about open source communities? Read David Allen’s blog post, What makes a good open source community? on the Grafana website.
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- Grafana Slack #tempo channel
- Community Forum - for questions/feedback.
- Community Call - Monthly on the second Thursday at 1630 UTC. Recordings available online.
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This page lists resources for developers who want to contribute to the Tempo software ecosystem.
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