github.com/yoctocloud/packer@v0.6.2-0.20160520224004-e11a0a18423f/website/source/community/index.html.md (about) 1 --- 2 description: | 3 Packer is a new project with a growing community. Despite this, there are 4 dedicated users willing to help through various mediums. 5 layout: community 6 page_title: Community 7 ... 8 9 # Community 10 11 Packer is a new project with a growing community. Despite this, there are 12 dedicated users willing to help through various mediums. 13 14 **IRC:** `#packer-tool` on Freenode. 15 16 **Mailing List:** [Packer Google 17 Group](https://groups.google.com/group/packer-tool) 18 19 **Bug Tracker:** [Issue tracker on 20 GitHub](https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues). Please only use this for 21 reporting bugs. Do not ask for general help here. Use IRC or the mailing list 22 for that. 23 24 ## People 25 26 The following people are some of the faces behind Packer. They each contribute 27 to Packer in some core way. Over time, faces may appear and disappear from this 28 list as contributors come and go. 29 30 <div class="people"> 31 32 <div class="person"> 33 34 <img class="pull-left" src="https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/54079122b67de9677c1f93933ce8b63a.png?s=125"> 35 <div class="bio"> 36 <h3>Mitchell Hashimoto (<a href="https://github.com/mitchellh">@mitchellh</a>)</h3> 37 <p> 38 Mitchell Hashimoto is the creator of Packer. He developed the 39 core of Packer as well as the Amazon, VirtualBox, and VMware 40 builders. In addition to Packer, Mitchell is the creator of 41 <a href="https://www.vagrantup.com">Vagrant</a>. He is self 42 described as "automation obsessed." 43 </p> 44 </div> 45 46 </div> 47 48 <div class="person"> 49 50 <img class="pull-left" src="https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2acc31dd6370a54b18f6755cd0710ce6.png?s=125"> 51 <div class="bio"> 52 <h3>Jack Pearkes (<a href="https://github.com/pearkes">@pearkes</a>)</h3> 53 <p> 54 <a href="http://jack.ly/">Jack Pearkes</a> created and maintains the DigitalOcean builder 55 for Packer. Outside of Packer, Jack is an avid open source 56 contributor and software consultant.</p> 57 </div> 58 59 </div> 60 61 <div class="person"> 62 63 <img class="pull-left" src="https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2f7fc9cb7558e3ea48f5a86fa90a78da.png?s=125"> 64 <div class="bio"> 65 <h3>Mark Peek (<a href="https://github.com/markpeek">@markpeek</a>)</h3> 66 <p> 67 In addition to Packer, Mark Peek helps maintain 68 various open source projects such as 69 <a href="https://github.com/cloudtools">cloudtools</a> and 70 <a href="https://github.com/ironport">IronPort Python libraries</a>. 71 Mark is also a <a href="https://FreeBSD.org">FreeBSD committer</a>.</p> 72 </div> 73 74 </div> 75 76 <div class="person"> 77 78 <img class="pull-left" src="https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1fca64df3d7db1e2f258a8956d2b0aff.png?s=125"> 79 <div class="bio"> 80 <h3>Ross Smith II (<a href="https://github.com/rasa" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@rasa</a>)</h3> 81 <p> 82 83 <a href="http://smithii.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ross Smith</a> maintains our 84 VMware builder on Windows, and provides other valuable assistance. Ross is an 85 open source enthusiast, published author, and freelance consultant. 86 </p> 87 </div> 88 89 </div> 90 91 <div class="person"> 92 93 <img class="pull-left" src="https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c9f6bf7b5b865012be5eded656ebed7d.png?s=125"> 94 <div class="bio"> 95 <h3>Rickard von Essen<br/>(<a href="https://github.com/rickard-von-essen" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@rickard-von-essen</a>)</h3> 96 <p> 97 98 Rickard von Essen maintains our Parallels Desktop builder. Rickard is an 99 polyglot programmer and consults on Continuous Delivery. 100 </p> 101 </div> 102 103 </div> 104 105 <div class="clearfix"> 106 107 </div> 108 109 </div>