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**What would you like to work on?**

We always need more help improving Octave
and there are many ways you can contribute.
You can help by:
- answering questions on [Discourse]({{ site.discourse_url }}),
- fixing [Octave bugs]({{ site.bugs_url }}),
- developing new features,
- writing Octave packages,
- ...

For more inspiration,
in the Octave wiki there is a
[list of possible projects]({{ site.wiki_url }}/Projects)
and a [Developer FAQ]({{ site.wiki_url }}/Developer_FAQ).

Discuss your ideas with us on [Discourse]({{ site.discourse_url }})
("maintainers" category) or on our IRC
[Freenode `{{ site.irc_channel }}` channel](https://webchat.freenode.net/#octave).


### Get the Development Sources

The latest development sources of GNU Octave are available via
[Mercurial](https://www.mercurial-scm.org/) (hg).
The primary repository address is
[https://www.octave.org/hg/octave](https://www.octave.org/hg/octave),
which currently redirects to
[https://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave](https://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave).
You obtain the latest development version of Octave sources with the following
command:
```
hg clone https://www.octave.org/hg/octave
```
The [Developer FAQ]({{ site.wiki_url }}/Developer_FAQ) on the Octave wiki
contains more detailed and recent information about Octave development.