# Overview (/docs/ship)



Shipping on Appbrew means one of two things, depending on your track:

<Cards>
  <Card title="Ship your app" href="/docs/ship/app-releases">
    You are a merchant dev. Your app changes reach the App Store and Play
    Store through releases Appbrew runs for you.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Publish your package" href="/docs/ship/publishing-packages">
    You are a partner dev. Your integration ships as a versioned package to
    Appbrew's registry, then Appbrew enables it for merchants.
  </Card>
</Cards>

Both tracks share two pages worth knowing early. [Registry access](/docs/ship/registry-access) covers how installs and publishes authenticate; [Troubleshooting](/docs/ship/troubleshooting) is for when something refuses to build.