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  Vagrant is an open source project with a growing community. There are
  active, dedicated users willing to help you through various mediums.
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<h1>Community</h1>
<p>
  Vagrant is an open source project with a growing community. There are
  active, dedicated users willing to help you through various mediums.
</p>
<p>
  <strong>IRC:</strong> <code>#vagrant</code> on Freenode
</p>
<p>
  <strong>Announcement list:</strong>
  <a href="https://groups.google.com/group/hashicorp-announce">HashiCorp Announcement Google Group</a>
</p>
<p>
  <strong>Discussion list:</strong>
  <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/vagrant-up">Vagrant Google Group</a>
</p>
<p>
  <strong>Bug Tracker:</strong>
  <a href="https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/issues">Issue tracker
  on GitHub</a>. Please only use this for reporting bugs. Do not ask
  for general help here. Use IRC or the mailing list for that.
</p>
<p>
  <strong>Training:</strong>
  Paid <a href="https://www.hashicorp.com/training.html">HashiCorp training courses</a>
  are also available in a city near you. Private training courses are also available.
</p>

<h2>People</h2>
<p>
  The following people are some of the faces behind Vagrant. They each
  contribute to Vagrant in some core way. Over time, faces may appear and
  disappear from this list as contributors come and go. In addition to
  the faces below, Vagrant is a project by
  <a href="https://www.hashicorp.com">HashiCorp</a>, so many HashiCorp
  employees actively contribute to Vagrant.
</p>
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  <div class="person">
    <img class="pull-left" src="//www.gravatar.com/avatar/54079122b67de9677c1f93933ce8b63a.png?s=125">
    <div class="bio">
      <h3>Mitchell Hashimoto (<a href="https://github.com/mitchellh">@mitchellh</a>)</h3>
      <p>
        Mitchell Hashimoto is a creator of Vagrant. He has been with the
        Vagrant project from the very beginning. Mitchell is also the
        creator of
        <a href="https://www.consul.io">Consul</a>,
        <a href="https://www.packer.io">Packer</a>,
        <a href="https://www.serf.io">Serf</a>, and
        <a href="https://www.ottoproject.io">Otto</a>.
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>

  <div class="person">
    <img class="pull-left" src="//www.gravatar.com/avatar/2acc31dd6370a54b18f6755cd0710ce6.png?s=125">
    <div class="bio">
      <h3>Jack Pearkes (<a href="https://github.com/pearkes">@pearkes</a>)</h3>
      <p>
        Jack Pearkes created and maintains many projects at HashiCorp. He
        is the original author of <a href="https://vagrantcloud.com">Vagrant Cloud</a>.
        He is also a core committer to <a href="https://www.packer.io">Packer</a>
        and maintains many successful
        <a href="https://github.com/pearkes">open source projects</a>
        while also being an employee of
        <a href="https://www.hashicorp.com">HashiCorp</a>.
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>

  <div class="person">
    <img class="pull-left" src="//avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/408570?v=3&amp;s=125">
    <div class="bio">
      <h3>Seth Vargo (<a href="https://github.com/sethvargo">@sethvargo</a>)</h3>
      <p>
        Seth Vargo is a core committer to Vagrant, with his main focus
        being the core plugin system, pushes, and provisioners. Seth is
        also a contributor to Consul, Packer, and Vault, all while being
        an employee at <a href="https://www.hashicorp.com">HashiCorp</a>.
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>

  <div class="person">
    <img class="pull-left" src="//avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/37534?v=3&amp;s=125">
    <div class="bio">
      <h3>Paul Hinze (<a href="https://github.com/phinze">@phinze</a>)</h3>
      <p>
        Paul Hinze is a contributor to Vagrant, with his main focus being
        provisioners and working on HashiCorp's external plugins.  He is
        also a core committer to <a href="https://www.terraform.io">Terraform</a>,
        all while being an employee at <a href="https://www.hashicorp.com">HashiCorp</a>.
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>