CZERTAINLY is an open-source platform for effective and efficient certificate and cryptographic key lifecycle management designed for companies of any size and individuals alike. One of its goals is to provide an easy and affordable way to secure digital communication and support information security in an ever connected world.
The contributions are a welcome addition to the expansion of platform capabilities, as a joint collaboration can streamline the development and adoption of new use cases and features. Such collaboration can lead to the shaping of the secure and trusted future of certificate management solution anyone can use.
CZERTAINLY team is committed to put our continuous effort into CZERTAINLY platform and we are more than happy to work with developers, designers, architects, testers, and anyone else to bring the certificate and cryptographic lifecycle management to the next level.
So, why should you contribute? We have put some of the reasons for you.
Being part of the PKI improvement
You can be part of the global improvement of the public key infrastructure and cryptographic key management. The CZERTAINLY platform disrupts the way how the current technology is being applied by bringing a new perspective for organizations and individuals. We believe that technologies can be applied and operated in convenient, secure, and affordable way.
Your contribution can help to manage certificates and cryptographic keys all over the world. You can discover new ways the PKI works for you. Isn’t it a good enough reason?
Learning and gaining knowledge
If you are a newbie to this area, you can learn a lot about the PKI, evolution of the certificate management and how cryptography is connected altogether. You can learn from the best developers and people working on the CZERTAINLY platform. We strongly support education and encourage knowledge sharing.
We’re an open community, we are transparent and we love to speak about any related topic. We’re building a trusted environment, where new ideas can thrive. We learned and gained knowledge the same way and we would be happy to give it to others.
Building your reputation
Contributing to CZERTAINLY will increase your visibility and can help you to build your reputation. Every contributor gets the attribution. You can prove your skills and expertise to other parties and you can put it into your CV. (and how about getting the CZERTAINLY Contributor Badge? Huh?)
Your contribution can be the booster and beneficial for your carrier. And we would be definitely very happy to help you with that!
Contributing to community
We’re all using open-source projects. We are inspired by open-source projects, and we are also using open-source software and libraries during the development. Open source is all around us and we really appreciate its help.
Contributing to CZERTAINLY platform you’re making your contribution to the open-source community and making it possible for other open-source projects to be secure and trusted.
It's easy, convenient, and efficient
CZERTAINLY platform is built on modern architecture using microservices and containers for convenient use by the users as well as developers. The interfaces are open and convenient. Integrating new technologies can be done via connectors, and it is fairly simple to develop a connector and provide a new PKI or IoT ecosystem for the CZERTAINLY platform.
Efficient core architecture leverages the effect of your effort and increases the value of your contribution.
Have fun and personal satisfaction
Development of new use cases and features for the CZERTAINLY platform can be challenging but also fun. When it comes to design, architecture, and functional aspects of the platform, you can have a meaningful discussion with other contributors on how to proceed. You know the feeling once done and working as expected!
One of our main principles is that you should always enjoy working with the CZERTAINLY. This applies also to your contribution.
How to start?
You can find our open-source repositories including the contribution guide here:
https://github.com/3KeyCompany/CZERTAINLY
You can find the open-source documentation for the CZERTAINLY platform including additional technical contributor information here:
https://docs.czertainly.com/docs
You can anytime get in touch with us and community through:
- contact form on this page
- discussions in the repositories
- opening a new issue in the repository
We are looking forward to work with you on the CZERTAINLY platform. Let’s shape the future of the secure and trusted PKI and cryptographic key management together!
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CZERTAINLY is an open-source platform for effective and efficient certificate lifecycle management for companies of any size and individuals. One of its goals is to provide an easy and affordable way to secure digital communication and support information security in more and more connected world.