Community
Everyone is welcome. We would like to help you create and register your own OPTIMADE API implementation, and we want to hear your feedback on the specification.
Where to ask
| Channel | Use it for |
|---|---|
dev[at]optimade.org |
First contact with the core developers — start here |
| Slack | Day-to-day conversation once you are involved in the project. We do not publish an invite link, because they expire silently; ask at the address above and we will add you |
| matsci.org forum | General questions on scope and functionality, open to the whole community |
| GitHub issues | Technical comments and proposals on the API itself |
All of our work is openly available under the Materials-Consortia organization on GitHub, and we welcome all contributions.
Meetings
We meet online roughly once a month, on
Jitsi (room code OPTIMADE).
There is no fixed day: dates are announced on the mailing list, so write to
dev[at]optimade.org to be told about the next one. Anyone may join, and there
are no public minutes.
The next meeting will take place on Friday October 2nd 2026 at 14:30 UTC/16:30 CEST
Workshops
With the support of CECAM we hold an annual workshop where the specification is discussed and developed. Past and upcoming workshops are listed on the events page.