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[Stash](https://stashapp.cc){:target="_blank"} is a web application written in Go for serving and organizing your porn collection. It is self-hosted and released under AGPL-3.0 license. Stash currently supports Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD and Docker.

## About Stash

- Stash gathers information about videos in your collection from the internet, and is extensible through the use of community-built plugins for a large number of content producers and sites.
- Stash supports a wide variety of both video and image formats.
- You can tag videos and find them later.
- Stash provides statistics about performers, tags, studios and more.

You can learn more about the software generally via the [README](https://github.com/stashapp/stash/blob/master/README.md){:target="_blank"} on the official repository or via the [Stash official website](https://stashapp.cc){:target="_blank"}.

## Get started

To get started go to [Installation](/installation) and download the latest version for your operating system.

## Support


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-   :fontawesome-brands-discourse: __Community forum__ _(recommended)_

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     Primary place for community support, feature requests and discussions.

    [:octicons-arrow-right-24: Browse forum](https://discourse.stashapp.cc){:target="_blank"}

-   :fontawesome-brands-discord: __Discord__

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    Real-time chat and community support.

    [:octicons-arrow-right-24: Join Discord](https://discord.gg/2TsNFKt){:target="_blank"}

-   :simple-lemmy: __Lemmy__

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     Community discussions.

    [:octicons-arrow-right-24: Visit Lemmy](https://discuss.online/c/stashapp){:target="_blank"}


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## Contribute

- **Spread the word**: the more people that know about Stash, the more people can help with the tasks below.
- **Help other users:** we got new users coming in all the time that need assistance. Stopping in help channels/rooms now and again to assist can save developers some time.
- **Write documentation**: help to improve the Stash documentation.
- **Contribute to the website**: the website could definitely use some attention.
- **Find bugs**: test the software for bugs and create GitHub issues for them to help developers confirm and fix them faster.
- **Write scrapers**: if there is a site that isn't being scraped properly or at all, head on over to scrapers channel/room and see if you can't help scrape some metadata from a site.
- **Populate StashDB**: StashDB is our canonical database where we store metadata and hashes. You can submit info from your Stash instance to the database or just help to improve the already existing information.
- **Support financially**: Stash development runs on donations. Donations are collected through [OpenCollective](https://opencollective.com/stashapp){:target="_blank"}. You can do anonymous one-time donations or recurring donations.
- **Sponsor on GitHub**: You can sponsor the [stashapp organization on GitHub](https://github.com/sponsors/stashapp){:target="_blank"} via one-time or monthly donation.