Community

Built by people, for people.

AbstractOS is shaped by everyone who uses it. Find your corner of the community — ask for help, share your setup, or help us design what comes next.

Discussion
Reddit
r/AbstractOS
Share screenshots, show off your setup, and discuss news and releases with fellow users.
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Live chat
IRC
#abstractos · Libera.Chat
Real-time chat with contributors and maintainers. Perfect for quick questions and dev talk.
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Support
Forums
discourse.abstractos.org
Long-form help, feature requests and design proposals — searchable and organised by topic.
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Live chat
Matrix
#abstractos:matrix.org
A modern, federated chat bridged with our IRC channel. Join from any Matrix client.
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Code
GitLab
gitlab.com/abstract
Source code, issues, merge requests and the public design repository all live here.
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Updates
Mastodon
@abstractos@fosstodon.org
Follow for release announcements, design sneak peeks and community highlights.
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Contribute

Every contribution counts

You don't need to be a kernel hacker to help. Our community welcomes designers, writers, testers and developers alike.

Start on GitLab Browse the designs

Write code
Pick up an issue on GitLab — Vala, GTK, shell or CI pipelines.
Design
Propose mockups and icons in the public design repository.
Test and report
Run the alpha in a VM and file clear, reproducible bug reports.
Translate and write
Help with docs, guides and translations for your language.