1# Opening issues {#sec-opening-issues} 2 3* Make sure you have a [GitHub account](https://github.com/signup/free) 4* Make sure there is no open issue on the topic 5* [Submit a new issue](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/new/choose) by choosing the kind of topic and fill out the template 6 7<!-- In the future this section could also include more detailed information on the issue templates -->