Development
Bro is an open-source system and we welcome and encourage contributions from the community, from small patches to new functionality. If you’d like to help with Bro development, browse the information on this page. If you’re running into problems, or are unsure where to start, send a mail to the development mailing list and we’ll be happy to assist.
Resources
- Roadmap
- Lists our near- and medium-term goals for upcoming releases.
- Development Mailing List
- Discussion of all topics relevant to Bro development, including strategy, roadmap, patches, code questions, etc. Note that general questions about using Bro are better sent to the Bro User List .
- Commit Mailing List
- Auto-generated notifications of commits to Bro’s git repositories. These mails include full diffs of the corresponding edits and are a good way of keeping track of changes. However, volume on this list is quite high.
- Git Repositories
- Lists the Bro-related git repositories.
- Issue Tracker
- Tracks open problems as well as external contributions submitted for inclusion. There are also some guidelines on using the tracker.
- Notes and How-Tos
- A collection of more specifics notes helpful when working on Bro.
- Projects and Ideas
- A list of development projects either already in progress, or waiting for somebody to take them on.
Contributions
- Guidelines
- Guidelines for contributing functionality and fixes.
Documentation for master
The documentation on this page follows the current development versions.
