django-helpdesk is just a Django application with models, views, templates, and some media. If you're comfortable with Django just try ``pip install django-helpdesk``. If not, continue to read the Installation document.
django-helpdesk has been designed for small businesses who need to receive, manage and respond to requests for help from customers. In this context *'customers'* may be external users, or other people within your company.
Optionally, their access to view tickets, both on the dashboard and through searches and reports, may be restricted by a list of queues to which they have been granted membership. Create and update permissions for individual tickets are not limited by this optional restriction.
django-helpdesk is released under the BSD license, however it packages 3rd party applications which may be using a different license. More details can be found in the :doc:`license` documentation.
4. An existing **working** Django project with database etc. If you cannot log into the Admin, you won't get this product working! This means you **must** run `syncdb`**before** you add ``helpdesk`` to your ``INSTALLED_APPS``.