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Table of Contents

• 1. General Help
• 2. More Documentation
• 3. Report a problem / request a feature
• 4. For Contributors

1. General Help

New to Transmission?

• Try the Help in Transmission's "Help" menu.
• simplehelp.net has an introduction for Transmission on Macs.
• Jun Azua has an introduction for Transmission GUI on Linux.
• Running Transmission without a GUI
• Using Transmission from a web browser
• Also see our Frequently Asked Questions.

Want to learn more?

• Visit our forums
• Visit our IRC channel: #transmission on Libera
• Follow us on twitter

2. More Documentation

• Configuration Files
• Editing Configuration Files
• Environment Variables
• Extending Transmission using Scripts
• Blocklists
• How to build Transmission
• RPC Protocol Specification
• Transmisson's Peer ID and User-Agent headers
• Peer Status Text explained

3. Report a problem / request a feature

• If you're having trouble with Transmission, check the Troubleshooting section of our Frequently Asked Questions.
• Check whether the problem has already been reported:
  • All open issues
  • Search
• If you don't see a ticket matching your problem or feature, read this post about what to write, then add a new ticket.
• If you do see an existing ticket, please add a comment there. The more users interested in a ticket, the higher priority it's given.

4. For Contributors

Transmission is a volunteer project and welcomes help. Please contact us if you are interested in supporting Transmission in any of the following ways:

• Code contribution
• Testing
• Language Translations
• Bug and request management
• Documentation and Wiki Editing
• Donations
• If you want to alert us to a security vulnerability, please email security@transmissionbt.com. Please note that general support questions belong on the forum, and will be ignored if sent to this email.