# Girder > |logo| Girder |build-status| |docs-status| |license-badge| |codecov-badge| > ========================================================================== > > **Data Management Platform** > > Girder is a free and open source web-based data management platform, developed by > `Kitware `_. > > |kitware-logo| > > Documentation of the Girder platform can be found at > https://girder.readthedocs.io. > > For questions, comments, or to get in touch with the maintainers, head to our `Discussion forum `_. > > We'd love for you to `contribute to Girder `_. > > .. |logo| image:: girder/web/public/Girder_Favicon.png > > .. |kitware-logo| image:: https://www.kitware.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Kitware-Wordmark.svg > :target: https://kitware.com > :alt: Kitware Logo > :width: 180 > > .. |build-status| image:: https://circleci.com/gh/girder/girder.png?style=shield > :target: https://circleci.com/gh/girder/girder > :alt: Build Status > > .. |docs-status| image:: https://readthedocs.org/projects/girder/badge?version=latest > :target: https://girder.readthedocs.org > :alt: Documentation Status > > .. |license-badge| image:: docs/license.png > :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/girder > :alt: License > > .. |codecov-badge| image:: https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/girder/girder.svg > :target: https://codecov.io/gh/girder/girder > :alt: Coverage Status 2014-2026, Kitware, Inc. ## Pages - [Girder: a data management platform](index.html.md): [![Build Status](https://circleci.com/gh/girder/girder.png?style=shield)](https://circleci.com/gh/gi... - [Administrator Documentation](admin-docs.html.md): * [Deployment](deployment.html.md) - [Deployment](deployment.html.md): Girder exposes a well-behaved ASGI application at `girder.asgi:app`, so it can be deployed behind - [Configuration](configuration.html.md): In many cases, Girder will work with default configuration whether installed via - [Girder FUSE Mount](mount.html.md): The files in Girder can be mounted in a user file system (FUSE). The allows - [SFTP Service](sftp.html.md): In addition to its normal HTTP server, the Girder package also includes a lightweight SFTP - [User Documentation](user-docs.html.md): * [User Guide](user-guide.html.md) - [User Guide](user-guide.html.md): Girder is a Data Management Toolkit. It is a complete back-end (server side) - [Developer Documentation](developer-docs.html.md): * [Developer Installation](dev-installation.html.md) - [Developer Installation](dev-installation.html.md): It is recommended to use `docker-compose up` to run Girder in development. - [System Dependency Reference](dependencies.html.md): This provides an authoritative listing of Girder’s external system dependencies, for development ref... - [API Documentation](api-docs.html.md): Clients access Girder servers uniformly via its RESTful web API. By providing - [Developer Guide](development.html.md): Girder is a platform-centric web application whose client and server are very - [Plugin Development](plugin-development.html.md): The capabilities of Girder can be extended via plugins. The plugin framework is - [Developer Cookbook](developer-cookbook.html.md): This cookbook consists of a set of examples of common tasks that developers may - [Python Client and Girder CLI](python-client.html.md): In addition to the web clients, Girder comes with a python client library and - [Security](security.html.md): Girder maintains data security through a variety of mechanisms. - [Build the Sphinx Documentation](build-docs.html.md): In order to build the [Sphinx](http://sphinx-doc.org) documentation, after - [Migration Guide](migration-guide.html.md): This document is meant to guide Girder plugin developers in transitioning - [Plugins](plugins.html.md): One of the most useful aspects of the Girder platform is its ability to be extended in - [Girder Environment Variables](_generated_env_vars.html.md): | Environment Variable ... --- For more comprehensive documentation, see [llms-full.txt](llms-full.txt)