# Launchpad

> This is the documentation for Canonical Launchpad, an open source platform that
> enables open source developers to collaborate with others to build and publish open
> source software.


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## Pages in this subsection

- [Explanation](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/index.html.md): Understand Launchpad concepts including accounts, karma, collaboration, answers, projects, teams, translations, and code hosting.
- [What is Launchpad?](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/what-is-launchpad/index.html.md): Overview of Launchpad - a suite of web-based collaboration tools for creating free software, used by Ubuntu, Zope 3, and more.
- [Your Launchpad account](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/your-launchpad-account/index.html.md): Understand how you can set up and manage your Launchpad account.
- [Your account karma](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/your-account-karma/index.html.md): Understand Launchpad's karma system.
- [Collaborating with other Launchpad users](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/collaborating-using-launchpad/index.html.md): Best practices when collaborating on Launchpad.
- [Answers](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/answers/index.html.md): Documentation index for Launchpad Answers explanation documentation.
- [Launchpad answer tracker](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/answers/answer-tracker/index.html.md): Understand Launchpad's answer tracker for building community support, helping users get help, and managing project questions.
- [Asking for help](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/answers/asking-for-help/index.html.md): Understand how to ask for help using Launchpad Answers.
- [Launchpad feature highlights](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/feature-highlights/index.html.md): Overview of Launchpad's key features including bug tracking, code hosting, answer tracker, and package management.
- [Answer tracker for building community support](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/feature-highlights/answer-tracker/index.html.md): Highlight of Answer tracker - a framework for capturing informal support and transforming it into structured knowledge.
- [Blueprints: lightweight specifications](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/feature-highlights/blueprints/index.html.md): Highlight of Launchpad's lightweight specifications for planning features, tracking work, and coordinating development.
- [Personal Package Archives](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/feature-highlights/personal-package-archives/index.html.md): Highlight of Personal Package Archives (PPAs) for publishing Ubuntu software packages.
- [Monitoring bugs in other bug trackers](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/feature-highlights/bug-watches/index.html.md): Highlight of Launchpad's feature for tracking bugs in external bug trackers.
- [Milestones](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/feature-highlights/milestones/index.html.md): Highlight of the milestone feature in Launchpad for improved organization in your development.
- [Linking bugs to dedicated branches](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/feature-highlights/bug-branch-linking/index.html.md): Highlight of Launchpad's bug-branch-linking feature.
- [Series: major stable and development branches](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/feature-highlights/product-series/index.html.md): Highlight of the product-series development approach enabled by Launchpad.
- [The Launchpad bug tracker](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/feature-highlights/the-bug-tracker/index.html.md): Extended highlight of the Launchpad's bug tracker.
- [Launchpad’s page layout](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/feature-highlights/page-tour/index.html.md): Tour Launchpad's page layout and navigation to understand how the platform connects communities and facilitates collaboration.
- [Launchpad API](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/launchpad-api/index.html.md): Overview of Launchpad API documentation.
- [Launchpad web service](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/launchpad-api/launchpad-web-service/index.html.md): An in-depth look at Launchpad's RESTful web service.
- [launchpadlib](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/launchpad-api/launchpadlib/index.html.md): Complete guide to launchpadlib - An open-source library that allows you to treat HTTP resources published by launchpadlib as Python objects.
- [Rationale headers in Launchpad email](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/message-rationale-headers/index.html.md): Understand rationale headers used in Launchpad emails.
- [What is an OOPS?](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/oops/index.html.md): Understand OOPS error codes in Launchpad.
- [Packaging](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/packaging/index.html.md): Explanations related to packaging in Launchpad.
- [Packaging](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/packaging/packaging/index.html.md): Understand Launchpad's packaging system used for building and distributing packages for Ubuntu.
- [Troubleshoot package upload errors](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/packaging/package-upload-errors/index.html.md): Explanations for common causes of package upload errors when uploading to PPAs or the Ubuntu archive.
- [Privacy, confidentiality and disclosure](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/privacy-confidentiality-and-disclosure/index.html.md): Learn about Launchpad's privacy policy, email address protection, data handling, and security issue disclosure practices.
- [Projects in Launchpad](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/projects/index.html.md): Understand projects in Launchpad including planning releases, project announcements, and commercial features.
- [Registering your project](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/projects/registering-project/index.html.md): A detailed exploration of project registration in Launchpad.
- [Planning and recording releases](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/projects/series-milestones-releases/index.html.md): Understand how Launchpad enables you to plan and record your software releases.
- [Making your project files available for download](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/projects/publishing-files/index.html.md): Understand how you can use Launchpad to distribute your software.
- [Providing support through Launchpad](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/projects/project-support/index.html.md): Understand how you can assist users of a project hosted on Launchpad.
- [Publishing project announcements](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/projects/project-announcements/index.html.md): Understand how Launchpad enables you to make announcements related to your project.
- [Closing your project](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/projects/closing-project/index.html.md): Guide to closing your Launchpad projects.
- [Filing a new support request](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/support-requests/index.html.md): Learn how to file support requests in Launchpad.
- [Launchpad teams](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/teams/index.html.md): First step to understanding how to make the best use of Launchpad's team feature.
- [Creating and running Launchpad teams](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/teams/creating-and-running-teams/index.html.md): Understand how teams are created in Launchpad including membership policies, visibility, and roles.
- [Indirect team members](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/teams/indirect-team-members/index.html.md): Understand indirect team membership in Launchpad.
- [Team management](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/teams/team-management/index.html.md): Understand team management in Launchpad including subscription policies and hierarchies.
- [Team repositories](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/teams/team-repositories/index.html.md): Explanation of team repositories in Launchpad.
- [Translating](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/translating-with-launchpad/index.html.md): Complete guide to translating software with Launchpad.
- [Translating with Launchpad](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/translating-with-launchpad/translating-with-launchpad/index.html.md): Resources you can use when translating software in Launchpad.
- [Using Rosetta](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/translating-with-launchpad/rosetta/index.html.md): Understand Rosetta - Launchpad's web-based translation interface.
- [Translating your project](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/translating-with-launchpad/translating-your-project/index.html.md): What you need to know when translating a project in Launchpad.
- [Translating your software](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/translating-with-launchpad/translate-your-software/index.html.md): An in-depth look at the software translation process in Launchpad.
- [Translation groups](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/translating-with-launchpad/translation-groups/index.html.md): Understand how translation groups in Launchpad contribute to better translations.
- [Exporting partial gettext PO files](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/translating-with-launchpad/partial-exports/index.html.md): Understand how partial PO files are generated in Launchpad.
- [Preparing to translate](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/translating-with-launchpad/prepare-to-translate/index.html.md): What you need to know before translating software in Launchpad.
- [Working with code](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/working-with-code/index.html.md): Understand what makes it possible to work with code in Launchpad.
- [Code imports](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/working-with-code/code-imports/index.html.md): Understand how Launchpad's code import process works.
- [Hosting Git repositories](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/working-with-code/git-hosting/index.html.md): In-depth look at Launchpad's Git hosting system for users.
- [Continuous integration](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/working-with-code/launchpad-ci/index.html.md): Understand how Launchpad CI helps improve the quality of your code when you want to contribute.
- [Launchpad repository paths (namespaces)](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/explanation/working-with-code/namespaces/index.html.md): A Launchpad repository path tells users *who owns* the repository and *what

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- [Top-level llms.txt](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/llms.txt): Complete documentation index.