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So, you want to help out fixing bugs but don't know where to start? This is the starting point for all things about hacking the beast. You'll find out how to get the source, build it, create patches, and all the other essential things any Mozilla hacker should know.

Documentation

Hacking documentation on mozilla.org: Another page with hacking-related documentation. We're working on this.

Hacking Firefox: Getting involved in front-end development.

Build Documentation: This section contains documentation of Mozilla's build system. Among other things, you'll learn where you can get the code and how to build it.

Debugging FAQs: Tips on debugging are platform specific. Choose: Windows, Linux, or Mac OS X.

Creating a patch: Tips on creating patches to get your changes in the tree.

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Community

View Mozilla forums...
- as a mailing list
- as a newsgroup
- as a Google Group
- as a Web feed
#developers on irc.mozilla.org
Topic-specific list of all developer forums
Other community links...

Tools