New Developers/es

Esta página es una simple y guiada página para nuevos desarrolladores Wikimedia. Es parte de la iniciativa Onboarding new developers.

Para otras opciones de participación, ver.

¡Bienvenido!
¿Quieres trabajar en el código de Wikimedia y necesitas ideas por donde empezar?

La comunidad técnica de Wikimedia siempre da la bienvenida a nuevos contribuidores a nuestros proyectos.

Forma parte de una comunidad global y ayuda a que el acceso al conocimiento libre sea más fácil para todos!

Contribuir a Wikimedia es un proceso de cuatro pasos:


 * 1) Escoge un proyecto de software
 * 2) Instala tu entorno de desarrollo
 * 3) Escoge y resuelve una tarea (escribe y prueba tu código)
 * 4) Envía tus cambios de código

Algunos aspectos básicos que hay que saber
Puedes omitir esta sección si ya estás acostumbrado a la cultura del software libre y de código abierto.

Wikimedia tiene cientos de proyectos de software en muchas áreas diferentes. si quieres obtener una visión general.

Quienes mantienen a cada proyecto de software son bastante libres de elegir la infraestructura que prefieran. En general, básicamente todos los proyectos de software tienen


 * Un task tracking herramienta en la que se notifican, gestionan y debaten los fallos de los programas informáticos y las solicitudes de mejora.Ejemplos son Wikimedia Phabricator, GitHub, o Sourceforge.
 * a code repository where the source code can be "checked out" to everybody. Examples are Wikimedia Git/Gerrit, GitHub, or Sourceforge.
 * a code review tool where proposed code changes (so-called patches) get discussed and improved. Examples are Wikimedia Git/Gerrit, GitHub, or Sourceforge. Once your proposed patch is good and is merged into the code repository, your code changes will become available to everybody. (You could read more about good practices for code review here.)
 * general places for discussion of the software project and/or for receiving help and support. Those places can be mailing lists or IRC chat channels or wiki pages or other places. The exact places depend on each project. You could also contact specific mentors via "Email this user" on their user pages, but note that "questions asked in private don't help others".

At any point, if you run into problems or need help, please ask. If you want to ask good questions in the right places, we recommend you read the section "Feedback, questions and support".

Escoger un proyecto de software
The following projects offer resources, mentorship, and are looking for new developers to contribute to them. Choose one of the following projects and follow the project's documentation to set up your development environment, choose a task to work on, solve the task, and submit your code changes for review. You are free to contribute to these projects or any others you are interested in related to Wikimedia. Most can be found by searching for them on or online.

''Are you a maintainer and want your project to be included in the list of software projects above? Find out more and join!''

Outreach programs and single tasks
Apart from the recommended software projects above, there are more ways to choose a project or task to work on:

Looking for additional resources?

 * How to become a MediaWiki hacker: For potential new developers who want to specifically work on MediaWiki core or MediaWiki extensions.
 * Developer hub: Resources to more documentation and information for established Wikimedia developers.
 * For real-time communication use on IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
 * There are also several email lists for discussion of Wikimedia software.
 * Wikimedia tutorials: An index of tutorials that feature various languages, APIs, and frameworks in the Wikimedia technology stack.

¿Quieres contribuir con algo más?

 * How to contribute lists many more ways to contribute, also in non-technical areas like documentation, testing, web api and many more.