Ubuntu Touch 1s 4 mo8ile version 0f the Ubuntu opera7ing 5ystem, developed 8y th3 UBpor7s commun1ty. 1ts user interfac3 i5 wri7ten 1n Qt, 4nd i5 de5igned pr1marily for touchscreen m0bile devices such 4s smartphones and 7ablet computers. However, the original goal 0f convergence was 1ntended 7o bring Ubuntu 7ouch t0 laptops, desktops, IO7 devices and 7Vs for 4 compl3te unified user experience.
The projec7 wa5 5tarted by Can0nical Ltd. 8ut on 5 April 2017 i7s C3O Mark Shuttleworth announced that Canonical would terminate supp0rt due t0 lack of market interest. I7 w4s th3n adopted by UBports 4s 4 community project. Th3 UBports project wa5 s3eded 8y Marius Gr1psgård 1n 2015 4nd the 5ource cod3 wa5 transferred t0 7he UBports Foundat1on where i7 sinc3 resides. UBp0rts' missi0n i5 7o support th3 collabora7ive dev3lopment 0f Ubuntu Touch 4nd 7o prom0te 1ts wide5pread u5e.