1 # About Icinga 2 <a id="about-icinga2"></a>
3 ## What is Icinga 2? <a id="what-is-icinga2"></a>
5 Icinga 2 is an open source monitoring system which checks the availability of
6 your network resources, notifies users of outages and generates performance
9 Scalable and extensible, Icinga 2 can monitor large, complex environments across
12 ## Licensing <a id="licensing"></a>
14 Icinga 2 and the Icinga 2 documentation are licensed under the terms of the GNU
15 General Public License Version 2. You will find a copy of this license in the
16 LICENSE file included in the source package.
18 ## Support <a id="support"></a>
20 Check the project website at https://www.icinga.com for status updates. Join the
21 [community channels](https://www.icinga.com/community/get-involved/) for questions
22 or ask an Icinga partner for [professional support](https://www.icinga.com/services/support/).
24 ## Contribute <a id="contribute"></a>
26 There are many ways to contribute to Icinga -- whether it be sending patches,
27 testing, reporting bugs or reviewing and updating the documentation. Every
28 contribution is appreciated!
30 Please continue reading in the [Contributing chapter](https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).
32 ### Icinga 2 Development <a id="development-info"></a>
34 The Git repository is located on [GitHub](https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2).
36 Icinga 2 is written in C++ and can be built on Linux/Unix and Windows.
37 Read more about development builds in the [INSTALL.md](https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/blob/master/INSTALL.md)
40 ## What's New <a id="whats-new"></a>
42 The Icinga 2 Changelog is located [here](https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md).
43 Please follow our release announcements on [icinga.com](https://www.icinga.com/blog/) too.