Welcome to Launchpad Help

Launchpad is a suite of tools that help people and teams to work together on free software. Read on to find out how to use Launchpad and get involved in our community.

User guide

• [:YourAccount:Your account]: create a [:YourAccount/NewAccount:new account], [:YourAccount/Branding:brand] your account, learn about [:YourAccount/Karma:karma].

• [:Teams]: [:Teams/Joining:join] a team, [:Teams/CreatingAndRunning:create and run] a team, set up a team [:Teams/MailingLists:mailing list], encourage [:Teams/Mentoring:mentoring].

• [:Projects]: [:Projects/Registering:register a project], learn about [:Projects/ReleasesSeriesMilestones:releases], publish your [:Projects/FileDownloads:project files].

• Bug Tracker: track [:FeatureHighlights/MultiProjectBugs:multi-project bugs], monitoring [:FeatureHighlights/BugWatches:bugs in external trackers], manage [:BugTrackerEmailInterface:bugs by email].

• Code Hosting: [:FeatureHighlights/BazaarHosting:hosting] Bazaar branches, creating [:FeatureHighlights/EasyBranching:your own branches], [:FeatureHighlights/TeamBranches:team branches], [:FeatureHighlights/BugBranchLinking:linking bugs and branches], importing [:FeatureHighlights/BranchImports:Subversion and CVS] repositories.

• Translations: [:FeatureHighlights/SoftwareTranslation:build a translation team].

• Answers: [:FeatureHighlights/AnswerTracker:manage questions and answers] about free software.

• Blueprint: [:FeatureHighlights/BlueprintReleasePlanning:track specifications] and chunks of work.

Get involved

Come join us in the Launchpad community!

• [:UsersMeeting:Users meeting]: once a month join the Launchpad team in #launchpad-meeting on Freenode.

• [:BetaTesting:Beta testing]: be the first to try new features and help shape them before launch.

• [:DocTeam:Documentation team]: help others to use Launchpad with user guides, screencasts and more.

• Developer meeting: join the Launchpad team for a weekly meeting, Thursdays 18.00 UTC in #launchpad-meeting.

Other stuff

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

• [:Feedback:Contact us]: #launchpad on Freenode, [http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/launchpad-users launchpad-users] list or [https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+addquestion ask the sysadmins for help].

• See [http://news.launchpad.net/maintenance planned downtime] and subscribe to our [http://news.launchpad.net/category/notifications/feed notification feed].

• Look up unfamiliar terms in our [:Glossary:glossary].

Please also take a look at our [:TermsOfUse:terms of use], [:PrivacyPolicy:privacy policy] and other [:Legal:legal information].