# Spicy: Looking for contributors **URL:** \ **Category:** Zeek\ **Created:** [June 18, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/spicy-looking-for-contributors/4206 "2016-06-18T20:16:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![robin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/community.zeek.org/robin/32/599_2.png) [@robin](https://community.zeek.org/u/robin)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/spicy-looking-for-contributors/4206/1 "2016-06-18T20:16:41Z")
You may have heard about Spicy, a next-generation parser generator for Bro and beyond; see [HILTI and Spicy](http://www.icir.org/hilti) for more. Spicy is currently still in prototype state, and you might have noticed that progress has stalled recently. The reason is simple: the research project that made the work possible so far has concluded, which unfortunately leaves only limited resources right now to transition the code to production state. Recently, however, a few people have indicated to me that they would be willing to contribute time to help move the project forward. So I thought I'd see if we can get a group of volunteers together to work on the code towards an initial production Spicy release. If we get some folks together, I can offer guidance for understanding codebase and work that needs to be done, and also perform code review and upstream merging. As a starting point, I've compiled an initial roadmap of items that need work: [Roadmap · rsmmr/hilti Wiki · GitHub](https://github.com/rsmmr/hilti/wiki/Roadmap). Not all of that is crucial; I've marked the most important pieces that I would deem necessary for an initial release (assuming we'd put the focus on usability and stability at first, rather than performance). So, if you are interested in contributing to Spicy, raise you hand. Please send any replies to the HILTI list or, if you prefer, to me personally. Robin ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/zeek/original/1X/f09d732bc2cc7c7cc7e35db67cf4e1d5233ce7a7.png) [@system](https://community.zeek.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/spicy-looking-for-contributors/4206/2 "2022-05-06T15:43:46Z")