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-Pelican is a project originally created by Alexis Métaireau
-<https://blog.notmyidea.org/> and subsequently maintained by Justin Mayer
-<https://justinmayer.com/>, but there are a large number of people that have
-contributed or implemented key features over time. We do our best to keep this
-list up-to-date, but you can also have a look at the nice contributor graphs
-produced by GitHub: https://github.com/getpelican/pelican/graphs/contributors
-
-If you want to contribute, check the documentation section about how to do so:
-<https://docs.getpelican.com/en/latest/contribute.html>
-
-Aaron Kavlie
-Abhishek L
-Albrecht Mühlenschulte
-Aldiantoro Nugroho
-Alen Mujezinovic
-Alessandro Martin
-Alexander Artemenko
-Alexandre RODIERE
-Alexis Daboville
-Alexis Métaireau
-Allan Whatmough
-Andrea Crotti
-Andrew Laski
-Andrew Spiers
-Arnaud BOS
-asselinpaul
-Axel Haustant
-Ben Rosser (TC01)
-Benoît HERVIER
-Bernhard Scheirle
-Borgar
-Brandon W Maister
-Brendan Wholihan
-Brian C. Lane
-Brian Hsu
-Brian St. Pierre
-Bruno Binet
-BunnyMan
-Chenguang Wang
-Chris Elston
-Chris McDonald (Wraithan)
-Chris Streeter
-Christophe Chauvet
-Clint Howarth
-Colin Dunklau
-Dafydd Crosby
-Dana Woodman
-Dave King
-Dave Mankoff
-David Beitey
-David Marble
-Deniz Turgut (Avaris)
-derdon
-Dirkjan Ochtman
-Dirk Makowski
-draftcode
-Edward Delaporte
-Emily Strickland
-epatters
-Eric Case
-Erik Hetzner
-FELD Boris
-Feth Arezki
-Florian Jacob
-Florian Preinstorfer
-Félix Delval
-Freeculture
-George V. Reilly
-Guillaume
-Guillaume B
-Guillermo López
-guillermooo
-Ian Cordasco
-Igor Kalnitsky
-Irfan Ahmad
-Iuri de Silvio
-Ivan Dyedov
-James King
-James Rowe
-jawher
-Jered Boxman
-Jerome
-Jiachen Yang
-Jochen Breuer
-joe di castro
-John Kristensen
-John Mastro
-Jökull Sólberg Auðunsson
-Jomel Imperio
-Joseph Reagle
-Joshua Adelman
-Julian Berman
-Justin Mayer
-Kevin Deldycke
-Kevin Yap
-Kyle Fuller
-Laureline Guerin
-Leonard Huang
-Leroy Jiang
-Lucas Cimon
-Marcel Hellkamp
-Marco Milanesi
-Marcus Fredriksson
-Mario Rodas
-Mark Caudill
-Martin Brochhaus
-Massimo Santini
-Matt Bowcock
-Matt Layman
-Meir Kriheli
-Michael Guntsche
-Michael Reneer
-Michael Yanovich
-Mike Yumatov
-Mikhail Korobov
-m-r-r
-mviera
-Nico Di Rocco
-Nicolas Duhamel
-Nicolas Perriault
-Nicolas Steinmetz
-Paolo Melchiorre
-Paul Asselin
-Pavel Puchkin
-Perry Roper
-Peter Desmet
-Philippe Pepiot
-Rachid Belaid
-Randall Degges
-Ranjhith Kalisamy
-Remi Rampin
-Rémy HUBSCHER
-renhbo
-Richard Duivenvoorde
-Rogdham
-Roman Skvazh
-Ronny Pfannschmidt
-Rory McCann
-Rıdvan Örsvuran
-saghul
-sam
-Samrat Man Singh
-Simon Conseil
-Simon Liedtke
-Skami18
-solsTiCe d'Hiver
-Steve Schwarz
-Stéphane Bunel
-Stéphane Raimbault
-Stuart Colville
-Talha Mansoor
-Tarek Ziade
-Thanos Lefteris
-Thomas Thurman
-Tobias
-Tomi Pieviläinen
-Trae Blain
-Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
-Valentin-Costel Hăloiu
-Vlad Niculae
-William Light
-William Minchin
-Wladislaw Merezhko
-W. Trevor King
-Zoresvit