diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
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 Atlite
 ======
 
-|PyPI version| |Conda version| |Documentation Status| |ci| |codecov| |standard-readme compliant| |GPL-3-or-later-image| |reuse| |black| |pre-commit.ci| |joss|
+|PyPI version| |Conda version| |Documentation Status| |ci| |codecov| |standard-readme compliant| |GPL-3-or-later-image| |reuse| |black| |pre-commit.ci| |joss| |discord|
 
 Atlite is a `free software`_, `xarray`_-based Python library for
 converting weather data (like wind speeds, solar influx) into energy systems data.
@@ -111,7 +111,11 @@ Contributing
 ============
 
 If you have any ideas, suggestions or encounter problems, feel invited
-to file issues or make pull requests.
+to file issues or make pull requests on GitHub. 
+A `Discord server <https://discord.gg/AnuJBk23FU>`_ hosts every tool
+in the PyPSA ecosystem. We have there public voice and text channels
+that are suitable to organise projects, ask questions,
+share news, or chat with the community.
 
 Authors and Copyright
 ---------------------
@@ -174,3 +178,5 @@ See the individual files for license details.
    :alt: pre-commit.ci status
 .. |joss| image:: https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.03294/status.svg
    :target: https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.03294
+.. |discord| image:: https://img.shields.io/discord/911692131440148490?logo=discord
+   :target: https://discord.gg/AnuJBk23FU
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diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.rst b/RELEASE_NOTES.rst
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@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ Upcoming Release
 * Bugfix: For certain time spans, the ERA5 influx data would be incorrectly shifted by 12 hours.
   This is now fixed and influx data is **always** shifted by minus 30 minutes.
   See `#256 <https://github.com/PyPSA/atlite/issues/256#issuecomment-1271446531>`_ for details.
-* Bugfix: The hydro inflow calculation was relying on a wrong distance calculation in `atlite.hydro.shift_and_aggregate_runoff_for_plants`. This is now fixed. 
+* Bugfix: The hydro inflow calculation was relying on a wrong distance calculation in `atlite.hydro.shift_and_aggregate_runoff_for_plants`. This is now fixed.
+* Add a reference to the PyPSA ecosystem community server hosted on `Discord <https://discord.gg/AnuJBk23FU>`_
 
 Version 0.2.9
 =============
diff --git a/doc/contributing.rst b/doc/contributing.rst
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@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ We welcome anyone interested in contributing to this project,
 be it with new ideas, suggestions, by filing bug reports or
 contributing code.
 
+A `Discord server <https://discord.gg/AnuJBk23FU>`_ hosts every tool
+in the PyPSA ecosystem. We have there public voice and text channels
+that are suitable to organise projects, ask questions,
+share news, or chat with the community.
+
 You are invited to submit pull requests / issues to our
 `Github repository <https://github.com/pypsa/atlite>`_.
 
diff --git a/doc/index.rst b/doc/index.rst
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@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ Atlite: Convert weather data to energy systems data
 .. image:: https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.03294/status.svg
     :target: https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.03294
 
+.. image:: https://img.shields.io/discord/911692131440148490?logo=discord
+    :target: https://discord.gg/AnuJBk23FU
+
 Atlite is a `free software
 <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html>`_, `xarray
 <http://xarray.pydata.org/en/stable/>`_-based Python library for