Get Involved

AsteroidOS is driven by a vibrant community

If you are interested in making wearable devices more open, we would be delighted if you join us.
Our main activity is in the AsteroidOS Matrix chat room, where you can connect with other members of the community and share your thoughts and ideas.
Joining the chat room is easy - simply click here.

As a user, you can help us tremendously by testing and providing valuable feedback. Your insights, fresh views and feature requests can help shape the future of our platform and ensure that we continue to meet the needs of our users.

As a developer, you can utilize our solid build tools and tap into the expertise of our experienced community members to guide the way. Whether you're interested in contributing to the codebase or developing apps, we welcome your participation and look forward to working with you.

Developing


Developers can use QtQuick and qml-asteroid to create apps, components or watchfaces. C and C++ can also be used for middlewares maintenance.

Porting


Those who are comfortable with Linux systems can port AsteroidOS to new smartwatches and help maintain the OpenEmbedded layers.

Designing


Designers can join the UI & UX taskforce to brainstorm on the future of AsteroidOS, conduct usability reports and create mockups or wireframes for developers.

Translating


Internationalization requires contributions from many different persons. Everyone can create, review or maintain AsteroidOS translations on Weblate.

Testing


AsteroidOS is always in development and nightly builds are known to contain bugs. Nightlies testers can report and fix bugs or give new ideas on the bug tracker.

Donating


Donations are used to buy unsupported smartwatches and to cover basic expenses (e.g. server cost).

Others


Enthusiasts can join the community on Matrix, Twitter and GitHub or even at various events such as Meetups, QtCon, FOSDEM, workshops and others...