This section provides information on the installation, deployment, and maintenance of the Shibboleth software.

• Get Started offers the first steps in beginning a Shibboleth project and where to find more information on this site and our related wiki.
• Documentation provides links to the major sources of documentation on installation and operational guidance for the supported versions of Shibboleth.
• Mailing Lists offers links and instructions to our very active announce, support, and developer lists. These are open and available to anyone to join.
• Contact Us includes instructions on how to contact project participants regarding press, security/bug, feature, or outreach and education topics.

Additional information can be found in the Info Centers.

Shibboleth is community-developed software and is free to download and use. No support is offered or implied. However, the community does a great job in supporting each other through the use of the project’s active mailing lists linked above.

If you would like to have a third-party consultant install and/or support your organization’s Shibboleth installation, refer to the list below. If you have experiences with any of these vendors (whether positive or negative) and wish to confidentially share them with us, please send e-mail to shib-info@internet2.edu.

• 9Star Research Inc.
• DigiDent
• PingIdentity Corp.
• Unicon, Inc.
• VLE Middleware - Kidderminster College (UK)