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    <h1>Community</h1>
    <p>
      Prometheus is developed in the open. Here are some of the channels we use
      to communicate and contribute:
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    <p>
      <strong>IRC:</strong>
      <a href="https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#prometheus"><code>#prometheus</code></a> on <a href="http://freenode.net/">irc.freenode.net</a>
      (for the easiest start, <a href="https://riot.im/app/#/room/#freenode_#prometheus:matrix.org">join via Riot</a>)
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    <p>
      <strong>Mailing lists:</strong>
      <ul>
        <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/prometheus-users">prometheus-users</a> – for discussions around Prometheus usage</li>
        <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/prometheus-developers">prometheus-developers</a> – for discussions around Prometheus development</li>
      </ul>
    </p>
    <p>
      <strong>Twitter:</strong>
      <a href="https://twitter.com/PrometheusIO">@PrometheusIO</a>
    </p>
    <p>
      <strong>Issue tracker:</strong> We use the GitHub issue tracker for the various <a href="http://github.com/prometheus">Prometheus repositories</a>
    </p>

    <h1>Contributing</h1>
    <p>
      We welcome community contributions! Please see the
      <code>CONTRIBUTING.md</code> 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.
    </p>

    <h1>Project Governance</h1>
    <p>
      Prometheus is an independent open-source project and not controlled by
      any single company.  To emphasize this and clarify our governance
      structure, we joined the
      <a href="https://cncf.io/">Cloud Native Computing Foundation</a> in 2016.
    </p>
    <a href="https://cncf.io/"><img class="orig-size" src="/assets/cncf_logo.png"></a>

    <h1>Commercial support</h1>
    <p>
      This is a list of third-party companies and individuals who provide support or
      consulting services for Prometheus. Prometheus is an independent open source
      project which does not endorse any company.
    </p>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="http://www.robustperception.io">Robust Perception</a></li>
      <li><a href="http://juliusv.com">Julius Volz</a> (independent contractor)</li>
    </ul>

    <h1>Acknowledgements</h1>
    <p>
      Prometheus was initially started by
      <a href="http://www.matttproud.com">Matt T. Proud</a> and
      <a href="http://juliusv.com">Julius Volz</a>. The majority of its
      development has been sponsored by <a href="https://soundcloud.com">SoundCloud</a>.
    </p>
    <p>
      We would also like to acknowledge early contributions by engineers from
      <a href="https://www.docker.com/">Docker</a> and <a href="http://www.boxever.com/">Boxever</a>.
    </p>
    <p>
      Special thanks to <a href="https://digitalocean.com/">DigitalOcean</a> for providing hosting resources.
    </p>
    <p>
      The Prometheus logo was contributed by <a href="http://www.makingstuffmove.com/">Robin Greenwood</a>.
    </p>
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