Welcome to the Launchpad Help wiki

Launchpad helps people and teams to work together on free software. Using Launchpad, you can manage your project's bugs, code, translations, features and user support in a single website.

Free software communities using Launchpad include [http://www.ubuntu.com/ Ubuntu], [http://www.zope.org/ Zope], [http://www.jokosher.org/ Jokosher] and [http://www.infrae.com/products/silva SilvaCMS].

Getting started

To start using Launchpad you need to create an account. If you want to use Launchpad for your free software project, you also need to register your project.

1. [:CreatingYourLaunchpadAccount:Create your account].

2. [:RegisteringANewProject:Register your project.]

Once you have your account, find out more about Launchpad:

• [https://launchpad.net/+tour Take the Launchpad tour].

• [https://launchpad.net/+about Read about what you can do with Launchpad].

• [:FeatureHighlights:Read our feature highlights guide].

• [http://news.launchpad.net/ Read the Launchpad News blog].

Using Launchpad

Launchpad is made up of six main applications. Find out how to use them:

• [:BugTrackerDocumentation:Bug Tracker]: learn about [http://news.launchpad.net/general/of-bugs-and-statuses bug statuses].

• [:FeatureHighlights/BazaarHosting:Code Hosting].

• [:FeatureHighlights/SoftwareTranslation:Translations].

• [:FeatureHighlights/AnswerTracker:Answers] - user support.

• [:BlueprintDocumentation:Blueprint] - feature planning.

• [:PPAQuickStart:Personal Package Archives] - package building and hosting.

Using this wiki

We're adding new documentation very often. [:FrontPage?action=subscribe:Subscribe] to this page for highlights. This wiki contains many helpful pages on using Launchpad. You can search for topics of interest or, if you prefer, you can [:TitleIndex:view all titles] available.

Getting help from other users

If you get stuck and need help, you can find it by:

• asking in #launchpad on Freenode

• joining us on the [https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/launchpad-users launchpad-users mailing list].

You can also check our [:Glossary:glossary] if you come across a term you're unfamiliar with.

Administrative Support

For administrative support requests, [https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad ask your question in Launchpad Answers].

Getting involved with Launchpad

If you want to help improve Launchpad, we welcome your comments and suggestions. Email us: feedback@launchpad.net.

You can also get more closely involved:

• Weekly developer meeting: meet the Launchpad team every Thursday at 15.00 UTC in #launchpad.

• [:UsersMeeting:Monthly users meeting]: find out what's coming up, ask your questions and pass your comments to the Launchpad team.

• [:JoiningLaunchpadBetaTesters:Beta testing]: help shape the future of Launchpad. Right now, we're testing [:PPAQuickStart:Personal Package Archives].

• Help with Launchpad documentation: add to our [:DocumentationSpecs:list of planned documentation] or choose a guide that you'd like to write. You're also welcome to join the [https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-tech-writers Launchpad Technical Writers] team.

Launchpad applications

• Project registry: https://launchpad.net/

• Bug tracking: https://bugs.launchpad.net/

• Code hosting: https://code.launchpad.net/

• Translations: https://translations.launchpad.net/

• Blueprints: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/

• Answers: https://answers.launchpad.net/