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0010 Welcome to the **Get Started** section. This page will guide you through the steps to get set up for contributing to,
0011 and working in our software framework.
0012 * Join the ePIC organization on GitHub: [https://github.com/eic](https://github.com/eic){:target="_blank"}. GitHub serves as the central
0013 platform for version control, code review, issue tracking, and documentation. We maintain
0014 the EIC organization on GitHub for col laborative development of all software related to the EIC.
0015 * **Read Access:** Contact the mailing list [eic-software-l-request@lists.bnl.gov](mailto:eic-software-l-request@lists.bnl.gov), using your institutional
0016 email address. Include in your email your GitHub username and confirmation of whether you or your sponsor/advisor is a member of the EICUG or ePIC.
0017 * **Write Access:** For access to specific repositories, you can request to join various GitHub teams. For example, join 'EPIC Devs’ for software development
0018 within the ePIC collaboration.
0019 * Join Mattermost: [https://chat.epic-eic.org/](https://chat.epic-eic.org/){:target="_blank"}. We use Mattermost as our main communication channel. You can join by emailing any group member to be added.
0020 * Sign up for our mailing lists:
0021 * Collaboration mailing list: [eic-projdet-collab-l@lists.bnl.gov](mailto:eic-projdet-collab-l@lists.bnl.gov) ([subscribe here](https://lists.bnl.gov/mailman/listinfo/eic-projdet-collab-l){:target="_blank"})
0022 * Software mailing list: [eic-projdet-compsw-l@lists.bnl.gov](mailto:eic-projdet-compsw-l@lists.bnl.gov) ([subscribe here](https://lists.bnl.gov/mailman/listinfo/eic-projdet-compsw-l){:target="_blank"})
0023 * Join a project! Browse this website to get involved in any of these areas: Physics Working Groups, Detector Subsystems, Software Working Group
0024 * Check out [the HEP Software](https://hepsoftwarefoundation.org/training/center.html){:target="_blank"} and [our tutorials](/sc/tutorials.html){:target="_blank"}.
