# Community

Prometheus is developed in the open and has a growing community outside of SoundCloud. Here are some of the channels we use to communicate and contribute:

Mailing list: prometheus-developers Google Group

IRC: `#prometheus` on irc.freenode.net

Issue tracker: We use the GitHub issue tracker for the various Prometheus repositories

# Contributing

We welcome community contributions! Please see the `CONTRIBUTING.md` file in the respective Prometheus repository for instructions on how to submit changes. If you are planning on making more elaborate or controversial changes, please discuss them on the mailing list before sending a pull request.

# Acknowledgements

Prometheus was initially started by Matt T. Proud and Julius Volz. The majority of its development has been sponsored by SoundCloud.

We would also like to acknowledge early contributions by engineers from Docker and Boxever.

The Prometheus logo was contributed by Robin Greenwood.