Launchpad manual¶
Launchpad is a collaboration platform for open-source projects.
Launchpad provides everything necessary to build and publish software, including code hosting, issue tracking, translations, and request tracking for bugs and features. The most famous software hosted on Launchpad is Ubuntu.
Launchpad provides unique features needed in modern software development, especially in open-source development. These include build capacities for many different languages and package formats across standard architectures, but also including rising stars such as RISC-V and ARM. Launchpad also offers unparalleled tracking capabilities across issue trackers to seamlessly communicate with upstream projects.
With its unique features, Launchpad is the right tool for companies, professionals, open-source maintainers, and hobbyists alike.
In this documentation¶
Start here - hands-on introductions to Launchpad for new developers
How-to guides - step-by-step guides covering key operations and common tasks
Technical information - specifications, APIs, architecture
Discussion and clarification of key topics
Project and community¶
Launchpad is a member of the Ubuntu family. It’s an open source project that warmly welcomes community projects, contributions, suggestions, fixes and constructive feedback.