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    Packer is a new project with a growing community. Despite this, there are
    dedicated users willing to help through various mediums.
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# Community

Packer is a new project with a growing community. Despite this, there are
dedicated users willing to help through various mediums.

**IRC:** `#packer-tool` on Freenode.

**Mailing List:** [Packer Google
Group](https://groups.google.com/group/packer-tool)

**Bug Tracker:** [Issue tracker on
GitHub](https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues). Please only use this for
reporting bugs. Do not ask for general help here. Use IRC or the mailing list
for that.

## People

The following people are some of the faces behind Packer. They each contribute
to Packer in some core way. Over time, faces may appear and disappear from this
list as contributors come and go.

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    <img class="pull-left" src="https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/54079122b67de9677c1f93933ce8b63a.png?s=125">
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      <h3>Mitchell Hashimoto (<a href="https://github.com/mitchellh">@mitchellh</a>)</h3>
      <p>
      Mitchell Hashimoto is the creator of Packer. He developed the
      core of Packer as well as the Amazon, VirtualBox, and VMware
      builders. In addition to Packer, Mitchell is the creator of
      <a href="https://www.vagrantup.com">Vagrant</a>. He is self
      described as "automation obsessed."
      </p>
    </div>

</div>

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    <img class="pull-left" src="https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2acc31dd6370a54b18f6755cd0710ce6.png?s=125">
    <div class="bio">
      <h3>Jack Pearkes (<a href="https://github.com/pearkes">@pearkes</a>)</h3>
      <p>
      <a href="http://jack.ly/">Jack Pearkes</a> created and maintains the DigitalOcean builder
      for Packer. Outside of Packer, Jack is an avid open source
      contributor and software consultant.</p>
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    <img class="pull-left" src="https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2f7fc9cb7558e3ea48f5a86fa90a78da.png?s=125">
    <div class="bio">
      <h3>Mark Peek (<a href="https://github.com/markpeek">@markpeek</a>)</h3>
      <p>
      In addition to Packer, Mark Peek helps maintain
      various open source projects such as
      <a href="https://github.com/cloudtools">cloudtools</a> and
      <a href="https://github.com/ironport">IronPort Python libraries</a>.
      Mark is also a <a href="https://FreeBSD.org">FreeBSD committer</a>.</p>
    </div>

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    <img class="pull-left" src="https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1fca64df3d7db1e2f258a8956d2b0aff.png?s=125">
    <div class="bio">
      <h3>Ross Smith II (<a href="https://github.com/rasa" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@rasa</a>)</h3>
      <p>

<a href="http://smithii.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ross Smith</a> maintains our
VMware builder on Windows, and provides other valuable assistance. Ross is an
open source enthusiast, published author, and freelance consultant.
</p>
    </div>

</div>

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    <img class="pull-left" src="https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c9f6bf7b5b865012be5eded656ebed7d.png?s=125">
    <div class="bio">
      <h3>Rickard von Essen<br/>(<a href="https://github.com/rickard-von-essen" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@rickard-von-essen</a>)</h3>
      <p>

Rickard von Essen maintains our Parallels Desktop builder. Rickard is an
polyglot programmer and consults on Continuous Delivery.
</p>
    </div>

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