About Pontoon

Pontoon is a localization platform used and developed by the Mozilla’s localization community. It is critical to shipping Firefox, mozilla.org, and many other Mozilla products to millions of users, all around the world. It is written in Javascript and Python and has lots of opportunities to help out.

You can learn a bit about Pontoon in its documentation.

Who Works on Pontoon?

The team assigned to work on Pontoon at Mozilla is listed on our people page. We also receive invaluable help from community members. You will likely see the names of team members listed as mentors in the bugs on this site. We are always excited to meet new Mozillians!

How Do I Get Started?

To help you get started with contributing, we wrote The Guide to your First Contribution to Pontoon. It contains all the information you need to know to install Pontoon, populate its database, run tests, and send your contribution.

How Do I Get Help?

The best place to talk about a bug is in the comments. Don't be afraid to ask questions or describe how you are solving the problem. That way, anyone watching the bug can answer your questions or offer useful advice. Each bug has a mentor, and that person will usually be the one to reply.

We are also available on chat.mozilla.org in the #pontoon channel. That's a great place to get quick help or work through issues together.