Participate in Piwik

Piwik is a software project created and maintained by the Piwik team (learn more), and you could be part of this team! Learn more in this page how you could be part of the community.

Send useful feedback

One very useful way to contribute is to send us useful feedback and suggestions on how we could make Piwik a better tool for web analytics.

Become a sponsor

Sponsors help us by providing money, servers, developers, or contracts for customizations. To become an official Piwik Sponsor and be listed on the Piwik.org website, contact us.

Translate Piwik!

• Piwik software translations – See if your language needs new translators to join, to raise the translation status to 100%.
• Website translations – Piwik.org website can also be translated, if you have time and can write really well, we would love you to get involved.

Review and improve the docs

User comments and feedback is highly valuable in making good documentations. Feel free to review the existing documentation and FAQ and submit your questions, feedback and ideas for improvements.

Help with marketing or public relations

There is more that could be done to improve the Piwik website, community support and the product. Piwik has a roadmap and a vision for Piwik 2.0. The community is thriving with already 200,000 users, 45+ translations and very active forums.

Maybe you could help in helping Piwik being more recognised, mentioned in newspapers or articles, and other creative initiatives? If so, send us an email.

Submit a testimonial

If you are using Piwik, an easy way you can help is by submitting a user testimonial. Check out our Testimonials page and submit one with your Piwik experience!

Improve code security

Piwik deals with one of the most prized data you own.

• Learn more about the Security in Piwik, and our bug bounty program.
• If you are developing a plugin, have a look at the security checklist.
• We have a list of Security ideas we’d like to implement, consider submit a patch for.
• if you dwelve into code and find security issues, let us know any problem or suggestion.

Submit bug fixes and improvements to our GIT repository

If you are a developer, you can help writing code, tests, fixing bugs or designing and implementing new features.

• Development Process – Everything from pull requests submissions to the official release processes.
• Coding Standards – Submitting pull requests? There are a few guidelines to apply for code clarity and maintainability.
• Get started with Piwik development – Piwik Puppet Module + Vagrant.
• Contributing to Piwik with Git – Learn how to check out the Piwik source code, create your changes, and submit a pull request.

Other related links:

• Quality Assurance Tools – Quality assurance is automated by a fully-fledged environment. Find out how in this section.
• Licensing – Find out about license compatibility.
• Client/Employer Agreement Form – Use this form when developing for Piwik from within a private organization.
• Development Metrics – Have a look at some metrics such as lines of code and average age of active tickets.
• Testing the User Interface – There is a great emphasis on compatibility & usability concerning Piwik’s interface.

Conclusion

If you have either skills, time, passion or money, you can help improve the software and make a difference in the project. Together, let’s Liberate Web Analytics!

See also: List of Features, Consultants, Merchandise and Participate in Piwik.