WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE
There is more than one way to build infrastructure.
Join an existing stream, propose a focused project, or help turn an unfinished idea into maintained public work.
01SHIP THE COMMONS
Open-source engineering
Build the protocol, Mesh browser, CLI, SDKs, wallet, coordinator, explorer, web surfaces, developer tooling, and the systems that connect them.
- +Core + protocol engineering
- +Frontend + product engineering
- +SDKs + integrations
- +Testing + quality engineering
- +Security review
- +Release engineering
02MAKE IT LEGIBLE
Documentation + education
Turn a complex network into something people can understand, inspect, use, and build upon without needing an interpreter.
- +Technical writing
- +Tutorials + examples
- +API references
- +Developer education
- +Diagrams + explainers
- +Localization + accessibility
03KEEP THE SIGNAL HUMAN
Community stewardship
Welcome contributors, support healthy conversation, connect people to useful work, and help establish a culture worth joining.
- +Community management
- +Contributor onboarding
- +Moderation + safety
- +Support operations
- +Ambassador programs
- +Working-group facilitation
04BRING THE NETWORK TOGETHER
OTG organizers
Help produce OTG gatherings, workshops, build nights, talks, demos, and local community moments where collaboration becomes real.
- +Program + speaker curation
- +Venue + production
- +Volunteer coordination
- +Workshops + hack sessions
- +Local chapters
- +Partnerships + sponsorships
05TELL THE TRUE STORY
Creative + communications
Give GRID a clear voice and visual language without sanding away the difficult, technical, open-source character of the project.
- +Brand + visual design
- +Product design
- +Video + motion
- +Editorial + newsletters
- +Social + press
- +Community storytelling
06MAKE THE WORK COHERE
Research + coordination
Investigate hard questions, keep priorities visible, triage issues, and help independent contributors move in the same direction.
- +Distributed-systems research
- +Economics + incentives
- +Project management
- +Issue triage
- +Governance experiments
- +Policy + open-source operations