github.com/hugh712/snapd@v0.0.0-20200910133618-1a99902bd583/README.md (about)

     1  [![Snapcraft](https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/19532717?s=200)](https://snapcraft.io)
     2  
     3  # Welcome to snapd
     4  
     5  This is the code repository for **snapd**, the background service that manages
     6  and maintains installed snaps. 
     7  
     8  Snaps are app packages for desktop, cloud and IoT that update automatically,
     9  are easy to install, secure, cross-platform and dependency-free. They're being
    10  used on millions of Linux systems every day.
    11  
    12  Alongside its various service and management functions, snapd:
    13  - provides the _snap_ command that's used to install and remove snaps and
    14    interact with the wider snap ecosystem
    15  - implements the confinement policies that isolate snaps from the base system
    16    and from each other
    17  - governs the interfaces that allow snaps to access specific system resources
    18    outside of their confinement
    19  
    20  For general details, including
    21  [installation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd) and [Getting
    22  started](https://snapcraft.io/docs/getting-started) guides, head over to our
    23  [Snap documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs). If you're looking for
    24  something to install, such as [Spotify](https://snapcraft.io/spotify) or
    25  [Visual Studio Code](https://snapcraft.io/code), take a look at the [Snap
    26  Store](https://snapcraft.io/store). And if you want to build your own snaps,
    27  start with our [Creating a snap](https://snapcraft.io/docs/creating-a-snap)
    28  documentation.
    29  
    30  ## Get involved
    31  
    32  This is an [open source](COPYING) project and we warmly welcome community
    33  contributions, suggestions, and constructive feedback. If you're interested in
    34  contributing, please take a look at our [Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)
    35  first.
    36  
    37  - to report an issue, please file [a bug
    38    report](https://bugs.launchpad.net/snappy/+filebug) on our [Launchpad issue
    39  tracker](https://bugs.launchpad.net/snappy/)
    40  - for suggestions and constructive feedback, create a post on the [Snapcraft
    41    forum](https://forum.snapcraft.io/c/snapd)
    42  - to build snapd manually, or to get started with snapd development, see
    43    [HACKING.md](HACKING.md)
    44  
    45  ## Get in touch
    46  
    47  We're friendly! We have a community forum at
    48  [https://forum.snapcraft.io](https://forum.snapcraft.io) where we discuss
    49  feature plans, development news, issues, updates and troubleshooting. You can
    50  chat in realtime with the snapd team and our wider community on the
    51  [#snappy](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=snappy) IRC channel on
    52  [freenode](https://freenode.net/).
    53  
    54  For news and updates, follow us on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/snapcraftio)
    55  and on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/snapcraftio).
    56  
    57  ## Project status
    58  
    59  | Service | Status |
    60  |-----|:---|
    61  | [Travis](https://travis-ci.org/) |  ![Build Status][travis-image]  |
    62  | [GoReport](https://goreportcard.com/) |  [![Go Report Card][goreportcard-image]][goreportcard-url] |
    63  | [Codecov](https://codecov.io/) |  [![codecov][codecov-image]][codecov-url] |
    64  
    65  [travis-image]: https://travis-ci.org/snapcore/snapd.svg?branch=master
    66  [travis-url]: https://travis-ci.org/snapcore/snapd
    67  
    68  [goreportcard-image]: https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/snapcore/snapd
    69  [goreportcard-url]: https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/snapcore/snapd
    70  
    71  [coveralls-image]: https://coveralls.io/repos/snapcore/snapd/badge.svg?branch=master&service=github
    72  [coveralls-url]: https://coveralls.io/github/snapcore/snapd?branch=master
    73  
    74  [codecov-url]: https://codecov.io/gh/snapcore/snapd
    75  [codecov-image]: https://codecov.io/gh/snapcore/snapd/branch/master/graph/badge.svg