Zipkin Community

Zipkin is a tracing system originally created by Twitter and is currently run bythe OpenZipkin volunteer organization.

What is OpenZipkin?

OpenZipkin is the OSS organization that stewardsZipkin code, docs, specs and support. It includes github projects, this web site,google groups - mailing list,Twitter and gitter.

Keeping up to date

Follow @zipkinproject on Twitter for newsincluding release announcements and community events. You can also ask on gitter about something specific. If you are working on code, you can alsofollow projects like the server or an instrumentation you use.

Being an active part of the community

OpenZipkin is primarily volunteers, and there are a lot of ways to help. Once youare on gitter, you might notice others askingquestions you once asked. A great way to give-back is to help others who are juststarting. We are at a number of events, and these are a great way to meet othersyou collaborate with. You can also host your own Zipkin meetup, similar to how ourTokyo user group started. If you notice somethinginteresting on Twitter, tag it with #zipkin so that others can see it. Last, but notleast, you can get involved with the code, docs and project maintenance.

How change works in Zipkin

Most OpenZipkin efforts start as localized experiments, then progressively buildtraction before becoming a feature. Before you start a large effort, be it docs ora test framework or a feature, check with one of the above channels. Someone mayalready have worked on this in the past and might join your effort. Sometimes,features are intentionally absent, usually with rationale documented in an issue.Regardless, the best advice is to join the community before proposing change, andread one of our HACKING fileswhich explains important aspects of change culture.

OpenZipkin brand resources

OpenZipkin brand guide (pdf)

This guide will help you to use Zipkin logo with its brand colors, and symbol. You can get original image files(.svg, .png) at below link.

Logo SVG

Logo PNG