Community support & resources

The TRON developer community is a globally distributed network of contributors maintaining and extending the TRON protocol, the surrounding tooling, and the DApp ecosystem. This page is the entry-point reference for where to ask questions, file issues, propose protocol changes, and follow development.

Where to get help

You want to...	Use this
Ask a quick developer question	TRON Developers Group on Telegram
Discuss in real time with other builders	TRON Developers Discord
File a bug or feature request against java-tron	java-tron issues on GitHub
Propose a protocol change	TIP process — see below
Follow protocol-level technical discussions	Core Devs Community Call schedule
Read longer technical posts	TRON Medium blog
Long-form discussion (forum-style)	TRON DAO Forum

Contributing code

All TRON protocol code is open source under the tronprotocol GitHub organization — java-tron (the reference node implementation), wallet-cli, TronWeb, Trident, TronBox, and others. Each repository accepts pull requests; the contribution flow is documented in each repo's CONTRIBUTING.md.

The reference java-tron contribution guide: tronprotocol/java-tron CONTRIBUTING.md.

Protocol-change governance — TIPs

Protocol-level changes (new opcodes, parameter activation, consensus rules) go through the TIP (TRON Improvement Proposal) process. The flow:

Open a TIP issue at tronprotocol/tips/issues describing the motivation, specification, and rationale.
Community discussion in the issue thread; technical review in Core Devs Community Calls.
If accepted, the change is implemented in java-tron and gated behind a chain-parameter flag.
An SR or SR Candidate submits a ProposalCreateContract to activate the parameter on Mainnet; voting opens at the next Maintenance Period boundary.
At expiry, active-SR approvals are counted. If at least 18 active SRs have approved the proposal, the parameter is approved and takes effect at that same moment.

To submit a TIP, see the standard TIP submission process. To see what's currently under discussion, browse open TIPs.

For governance mechanics (committee, proposal lifecycle, voting thresholds), see Committee & proposals.

Core Devs Community Call

Open technical discussion among core developers, ecosystem contributors, and the broader community. Schedule, agendas, and minutes live at tronprotocol/pm — TRON Core Devs Meetings. Anyone can propose an agenda item; the meetings are open to attend.

There is also a dedicated Telegram group for the call: Core Devs Community Group.

Channels at a glance

TRON Developers Group — general developer discussion in English
Core Devs Community Group — focused on the Core Devs Community Call

Discord

TRON Developers and SRs — real-time community discussion

GitHub

tronprotocol organization — all open-source repositories
java-tron — reference node
TIPs — proposal process and history
pm — Core Devs Meetings — meeting agendas and minutes

Other channels

TRON Medium blog — release announcements, technical deep-dives
TRON DAO Forum — longer-form community discussion
tron.network — entry to language- and region-specific community channels

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Community conduct
When participating in any of these channels, follow the community guidelines of the platform you're on. Keep discussions respectful and constructive — the TRON community is global and welcomes contributors at every experience level.

Related resources

Committee & proposals — how protocol changes are voted in
Becoming a Super Representative — joining the active set
Release announcements — historical mandatory and non-mandatory upgrades
Security & safety on TRON — protecting users and contracts