.. _home: 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 --------------------- .. grid:: 1 1 2 2 .. grid-item:: :doc:`Tutorials ` **Start here** - hands-on introductions to Launchpad for new developers .. grid-item:: :doc:`How-to guides ` **How-to guides** - step-by-step guides covering key operations and common tasks .. grid:: 1 1 2 2 :reverse: .. grid-item:: :doc:`Reference ` **Technical information** - specifications, APIs, architecture .. grid-item:: :doc:`Explanation ` **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. * `Code of conduct `_ * :doc:`Get support ` * :doc:`Contribute to our code ` * :doc:`Contribute to our docs ` .. toctree:: :hidden: :maxdepth: 2 tutorials/index how-to/index reference/index explanation/index help contribute-to-our-docs