Launchpad user documentation

Launchpad is designed for effective open-source collaboration. It provides the tools you need to build open-source projects and share them with the world.

Launchpad gives you access to everything necessary to build and publish software including code hosting, issue tracking, and request tracking for bugs. Features unique to this platform include build capacities for different languages, and package formats for different architectures such as AMD64, ARM, and RISC-V.

Launchpad also offers tracking capabilities across issue trackers to seamlessly communicate with upstream projects.

In this documentation

Code hosting:

Host your project • Import code • Link code to bug reports

Packaging:

What is a PPA • Install software from PPAs • Building a source package

Bug tracking:

Using Bugzilla • File a Bug

Launchpad APIs:

Lauchpadlib • Bug tracker API • Web services API

Community:

Giving feedback • Getting support • Launchpad policies

There is more to discover in the Launchpad user manual. Explore this documentation by category:

How-to guides

Step-by-step instructions for key operations and common tasks.

Explanation

Discussion and clarification of user topics.

Reference

Technical information - specifications, APIs, architecture.