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• To give feedback, discuss the future of the project or just observe, we encourage people to join a sub-community that aligns with their affiliations:
  • Academics
  • Committers
  • Distributions
  • Individuals
  • Large Businesses
  • Small Businesses
• The Business Advisory Committee (BAC) is elected from members of those communities and advises the Foundation on business matters.
• The Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) advises the Foundation on technical matters.
• In addition, there is a General Discussion group for all the sub-communities to come together.

• The OpenSSL Library is an open source project, so your contribution is welcome.
• Issues with the “good first issues” label are a great place to start:

• If you want to make a bigger impact, look through the list of “help wanted” issues

• Read the OpenSSL Guide for a technical overview of the OpenSSL Library.
• Before you make your first Pull Request (PR), be sure to read How to contribute to OpenSSL.

• You can subscribe to Discussions on GitHub. Be sure to customize your email notifications.
• There is also a Discussion RSS feed.
• Ask our community if you have questions about OpenSSL. (Answering is a good way to learn more about the library too.)

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When the project stated in 1998, the OpenSSL community primarily communicated via mailing lists.

• The conversation has moved to GitHub issues or discussion posts.
• For project history, consult the email archives.
• For occasional project announcements such as security advisories and new releases, subscribe to openssl-announce.

• Getting Started with OpenSSL
• Writing an OpenSSL application

The first OpenSSL Conference happened in October 2025.

• Slides for the talks are available via the conference agenda.
• The OpenSSL Conference has a separate YouTube channel where you also can see all the recorded talks.

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