Welcome to Umbraco Packages

This section gives you information related to Umbraco Packages and an overview of all packages currently available for Umbraco CMS.

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What is a Package?

A package extends the functionality of Umbraco to provide additional functionality to editors, developers, site visitors, and all other types of users of Umbraco.

An Umbraco Package can be many things, but are generally characterized by:

Adding or extending functionality in Umbraco CMS
Empowering people to do more and/or do things more efficiently
Engaging community members in collaboration and sharing
Solving real life problems
Inspiring people on what Umbraco can be made capable of

The Package Program

Packages are an important part of Umbraco and we wish to grow and expand this area going forward with additional attention to both packages, developers and community. As part of this focus, we’ve launched the Package Program early October 2019 - a general commitment from Umbraco to improve the Umbraco Packages ecosystem.

As part of the Package Program we have currently identified the following tasks:

Task	Status
Introduce a dedicated Umbraco Package Steward	Done Jesper Mayntzhusen has been announced as the Umbraco Package Steward
Create a package user group consisting of 3-5 community members	Call for volunteers/recommendations
Add/Update getting started documentation for packages	Coming soon
Adding clear guidelines for building packages	Coming soon
Initiate a dedicated newsletter related to packages	Ready You can sign up for the newsletter below
Ensure communication to package developers on breaking changes or other critical updates related to CMS and packages	Ready Communication when relevant on the package newsletter
Introduce “Up for packaging” tag on the CMS issue tracker This label will be added to feature request we have decided not to include in the Core, but we think are great ideas for packages!	Ready Label available on the tracker
Listing on Umbraco Apps (curated packages only though)	Done

SIGN-UP to the Package Newsletter

If you are interested in further details on new initiatives related to packages or if you are a package developer yourself, you can sign up to the Packages Newsletter below. We will be sharing updates on this newsletter with information on:

Status on the Package Initiative
Upcoming CMS changes with special information for package developers
Any other relevant information related to packages

Umbraco Package Steward

In charge of packages at Umbraco HQ we have our very own Jesper Mayntzhusen.

Jesper has previous Umbraco experience working as a support warrier in the SWAT team as well as managing 2nd level support in the D-team. Jesper also has Umbraco community experience in his previous work with Umbraco Documentation and the Documentation Curator community team.

Jesper is leading the daily management of Packages at Umbraco HQ, guiding the new package initiatives to its success and he’s also the main connection to the community for any package related business.

You can reach Jesper on package related matters at packages@umbraco.com and read more about him in his personal introduction blog.