<h1><a name="Contribute-ContributingtoApacheShiro"></a>Contributing to Apache Shiro</h1>

<p>Apache Shiro is a non-profit project and relies on your help and contributions in order to evolve and improve.</p>

<p>At the Shiro project we make it easy for anyone to join our great community and lend a hand.  We welcome any help you can offer inlcuding help with documentation, identifying bugs, providing answers on the user mailing list, and providing helpful code improvements.</p>

<p>Below are helpful links on how you can contribute to the Apache Shiro project.</p>

<ul class="alternate" type="square"><li><b><a href="how-to-contribute.html" title="How to Contribute">How to Contribute</a></b> - A starting point for contributing to the Shiro project</li></ul>


<ul class="alternate" type="square"><li><b><a class="external-link" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20SHIRO%20AND%20status%20%3D%20Open%20ORDER%20BY%20priority%20DESC">Shiro Issue Tracker</a></b> - Once you're ready to contribute, this is a good place to see what needs to get done</li></ul>


<ul class="alternate" type="square"><li><b><a class="external-link" href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/sponsorship.html">Donate to ASF</a></b> - Shiro is a project under the Apache Software Foundation, a non-profit that relies on donations and community support</li></ul>


<ul class="alternate" type="square"><li><b><a href="developer-resources.html" title="Developer Resources">Developer Resources</a></b> - Helpful information for anyone providing project help as a committer or contributor</li></ul>