LilyPond – Music notation for everyone: Contact

## Contact

### User Discussions and Help

#### User mailing list: `lilypond-user@gnu.org`

This mailing list is the main place for users to discuss and help each other.

> lilypond-user subscribe and info

> user archive1 archive2 archive3

> send to lilypond-user with gmane

Note: When asking questions, please use Tiny examples!

#### LilyPond Snippet Repository

The LilyPond Snippet Repository is a large collection of user-submitted examples, which can freely be copied and used in your own works. See what other people have written, and add your own!

>     http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it

Particularly instructive examples from LSR are included in our official documentation, in Snippets.

#### IRC

Some level of support is provided on our IRC channel,

>     #lilypond@irc.freenode.net

This channel has no public archive, so any question that may be useful for others would better be posted to one of the mailing lists.

irc name:

#### Other languages

> Spanish mailing list

> German forum

> Portuguese group

> French mailing list

> Dutch forum

### Stay Informed

#### LilyPond Report

The easiest way to keep touch is by reading our community newsletter, the LilyPond Report:

>     http://news.lilynet.net

#### Releases mailing list: `info-lilypond@gnu.org`

This mailing list is a low-volume, read-only list which receives notifications of new releases.

> info-lilypond subscribe and info

> info archive1 archive2 archive3

### Developer Discussion

#### Developer mailing list: `lilypond-devel@gnu.org`

Most developer discussion takes place on this list. Patches should be sent here.

> lilypond-devel subscribe and info

> devel archive1 archive2 archive3

> send to lilypond-devel with gmane

#### Bug mailing list: `bug-lilypond@gnu.org`

Bug-specific discussion takes place here.

> bug-lilypond subscribe and info

> bug archive1 archive2 archive3

Note: Before sending a message to the bug list, please read our guidelines for Bug reports.

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