Support
Scientific & technical help for OpenMS.
Find the right channel for user questions, development issues, documentation, and community discussion — from Stack Overflow to the OpenMS mailing list.
Where to start
User questions: The best way to get help is to post your question to a site like Stack Overflow, with thousands of users available to answer. We wish we could keep an eye on these sites, or answer questions directly, but the volume is just a little overwhelming!
Development issues: For OpenMS development-related matters (e.g. bug reports), please see Community.
Discussion
OpenMS mailing list
The main forum for longer-form discussions — new features, roadmap changes, and project-wide decisions. Announcements about releases, developer meetings, sprints, and conference talks are also made here.
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Please use bottom posting, reply to the list (rather than to another sender), and do not reply to digests.
Development
GitHub issue tracker
Use the tracker for bug reports, documentation issues (e.g. unclear sections), and feature requests (e.g. new interpolation methods).
C++ / OpenMS
OpenMS documentation
Documentation for the newest release — all classes, functions, and build instructions for several operating systems. Includes an introduction to core data structures and algorithms for new developers.
Python
pyOpenMS documentation
Documentation on how to use OpenMS in Python.