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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
Bug Tracker: Issue tracker on GitHub. 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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<h3>Mitchell Hashimoto (<a href="https://github.com/mitchellh">@mitchellh</a>)</h3>
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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."
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<h3>Jack Pearkes (<a href="https://github.com/pearkes">@pearkes</a>)</h3>
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<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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<h3>Mark Peek (<a href="https://github.com/markpeek">@markpeek</a>)</h3>
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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>
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<h3>Ross Smith II (<a href="https://github.com/rasa" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@rasa</a>)</h3>
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Ross Smith maintains our VMware builder on Windows, and provides other valuable assistance. Ross is an open source enthusiast, published author, and freelance consultant.
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<h3>Rickard von Essen<br/>(<a href="https://github.com/rickard-von-essen" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@rickard-von-essen</a>)</h3>
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Rickard von Essen maintains our Parallels Desktop builder. Rickard is an polyglot programmer and consults on Continuous Delivery.
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<h3>Matt Hooker (<a href="https://github.com/mwhooker" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@mwhooker</a>)</h3>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/mwhooker" target="_blank" rel="nofollow
noopener noreferrer">Matt</a> maintains Packer for HashiCorp. After
picking up Chef for a job, he decided that continually provisioning the
same machine was bound for trouble. Luckily Packer had just been created,
and was the answer to his prayers. Now he works on it professionally, and
couldn't be happier.
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