github.com/aspring/packer@v0.8.1-0.20150629211158-9db281ac0f89/website/source/community/index.html.markdown (about) 1 --- 2 layout: "community" 3 page_title: "Community" 4 description: |- 5 Packer is a new project with a growing community. Despite this, there are dedicated users willing to help through various mediums. 6 --- 7 8 # Community 9 10 Packer is a new project with a growing community. Despite this, there are 11 dedicated users willing to help through various mediums. 12 13 **IRC:** `#packer-tool` on Freenode. 14 15 **Mailing List:** [Packer Google Group](http://groups.google.com/group/packer-tool) 16 17 **Bug Tracker:** [Issue tracker on GitHub](https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues). 18 Please only use this for reporting bugs. Do not ask for general help here. Use IRC 19 or the mailing list for that. 20 21 ## People 22 23 The following people are some of the faces behind Packer. They each contribute 24 to Packer in some core way. Over time, faces may appear and disappear from this 25 list as contributors come and go. 26 27 <div class="people"> 28 <div class="person"> 29 <img class="pull-left" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/54079122b67de9677c1f93933ce8b63a.png?s=125"> 30 <div class="bio"> 31 <h3>Mitchell Hashimoto (<a href="https://github.com/mitchellh">@mitchellh</a>)</h3> 32 <p> 33 Mitchell Hashimoto is the creator of Packer. He developed the 34 core of Packer as well as the Amazon, VirtualBox, and VMware 35 builders. In addition to Packer, Mitchell is the creator of 36 <a href="http://www.vagrantup.com">Vagrant</a>. He is self 37 described as "automation obsessed." 38 </p> 39 </div> 40 </div> 41 42 <div class="person"> 43 <img class="pull-left" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2acc31dd6370a54b18f6755cd0710ce6.png?s=125"> 44 <div class="bio"> 45 <h3>Jack Pearkes (<a href="https://github.com/pearkes">@pearkes</a>)</h3> 46 <p> 47 <a href="http://jack.ly/">Jack Pearkes</a> created and maintains the DigitalOcean builder 48 for Packer. Outside of Packer, Jack is an avid open source 49 contributor and software consultant.</p> 50 </div> 51 </div> 52 53 <div class="person"> 54 <img class="pull-left" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2f7fc9cb7558e3ea48f5a86fa90a78da.png?s=125"> 55 <div class="bio"> 56 <h3>Mark Peek (<a href="https://github.com/markpeek">@markpeek</a>)</h3> 57 <p> 58 In addition to Packer, Mark Peek helps maintain 59 various open source projects such as 60 <a href="https://github.com/cloudtools">cloudtools</a> and 61 <a href="https://github.com/ironport">IronPort Python libraries</a>. 62 Mark is also a <a href="https://FreeBSD.org">FreeBSD committer</a>.</p> 63 </div> 64 </div> 65 66 <div class="person"> 67 <img class="pull-left" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1fca64df3d7db1e2f258a8956d2b0aff.png?s=125"> 68 <div class="bio"> 69 <h3>Ross Smith II (<a href="https://github.com/rasa" target="_blank">@rasa</a>)</h3> 70 <p> 71 <a href="http://smithii.com/" target="_blank">Ross Smith</a> maintains our VMware builder on Windows, and provides other valuable assistance. 72 Ross is an open source enthusiast, published author, and freelance consultant.</p> 73 </div> 74 </div> 75 76 <div class="person"> 77 <img class="pull-left" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c9f6bf7b5b865012be5eded656ebed7d.png?s=125"> 78 <div class="bio"> 79 <h3>Rickard von Essen<br/>(<a href="https://github.com/rickard-von-essen" target="_blank">@rickard-von-essen</a>)</h3> 80 <p> 81 Rickard von Essen maintains our Parallels Desktop builder. Rickard is an polyglot programmer and consults on Continuous Delivery.</p> 82 </div> 83 </div> 84 85 <div class="clearfix"></div> 86 </div>