> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://mariadb.com/docs/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://mariadb.com/docs/general-resources/community/contributing-participating.md).

# Contributing & Participating

There are many ways to contribute to MariaDB.

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