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Need help with ORC? Try these resources.

## Mailing Lists

The best option is to send email to the user list
[user@orc.apache.org](mailto:user@orc.apache.org), which is for user
discussions. All of the historic traffic is available in the
[archive](https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/orc-user/). To
subscribe to the user list, please send email to
[user-subscribe@orc.apache.org](mailto:user-subscribe@orc.apache.org).

## Bug Reports

Please file any issues you encounter or fixes you'd like on the
[ORC Jira](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/orc). We welcome
patches!

## StackOverflow

[StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com) is a wonderful resource for
any developer. Take a look over there to see if someone has answered
your question.

## Browse the code

One of the advantages of open source software is that you can browse the code.
The code is available on [github](https://github.com/apache/orc/tree/master).
