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## Events
- [`Upcoming ServerFests and Conferences`](https://mariadb.org/events/#upcoming)
- [`Meetup`](https://www.meetup.com/pro/anna-widenius/)

## Projects
- [`MariaDB Server`](https://github.com/MariaDB/server) - One of the world’s most popular open source relational databases
- [`The feedback plugin`](https://github.com/MariaDB/feedback-plugin-backend) - This is an important tool as it gives more transparency towards the current use-cases and user configurations. It helps with usage statistics and functionality prioritisation. It is disabled by default and it does not collect any personal data. [`Enable it`](https://mariadb.com/kb/en/feedback-plugin/#enabling-the-plugin) to help shape MariaDB's future. You can [`check it out here`](https://mariadb.org/feedback-plugin/)
- [`Buildbot`](https://github.com/MariaDB/buildbot) - MariaDB's continuous integration testing platform, based on the Buildbot.net open-source testing framework. Check it out [`here`](https://buildbot.mariadb.org/#/)
- [`Jupyter Kernel`](https://github.com/MariaDB/mariadb_kernel) - An Open Source kernel for Jupyter which enables users to run MariaDB in a Jupyter notebook

## Projects related to MariaDB Server
- [`MariaDB ColumnStore`](https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-columnstore-engine) - Extends the Enterprise Server with distributed, columnar storage
- [`MariaDB Galera Cluster`](https://github.com/codership/galera) - An open source active-active, multimaster synchronous replication solution
- [`MariaDB MaxScale`](https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/MaxScale) - An advanced database proxy for MariaDB Enterprise Serve

### MariaDB Connectors Repos
- [`MariaDB Connector/C`](https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-c)
- [`MariaDB Connector/J`](https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-j)
- [`MariaDB Connector/Node.js`](https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-nodejs)
- [`MariaDB Connector/ODBC`](https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-odbc)
- [`MariaDB Connector/Python`](https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-python)

## How to contribute
- [`Contributing to the MariaDB Project`](https://mariadb.com/kb/en/contributing-to-the-mariadb-project/)
- [`Contributing code`](https://mariadb.com/kb/en/contributing-code/)
- [`Submitting a pull request`](https://mariadb.org/get-involved/getting-started-for-developers/submitting-pull-request/)
- [`File a bug or feature request`](https://mariadb.com/kb/en/reporting-bugs/)
- [`Sponsorships`](https://mariadb.org/donate/)

### Main Contributors
- [`MariaDB Foundation`](https://mariadb.org/about/#about-mariadb-foundation) - The global contact point for collaboration on MariaDB Server
- [`MariaDB Corporation`](https://mariadb.com/about-us/) - The company contributing the most code to MariaDB Server and offering the commercial solution MariaDB Enterprise 
  - [`MariaDB Corporation GitHub`](https://github.com/mariadb-corporation)