# Welcome to Squidex

## What is Squidex?

Squidex is a content management hub or content management system (CMS). A central place to manage all your content.

For example:

* Dynamic elements for your mobile Apps.
* Blog posts and articles for your website.
* Configuration data for your backend.
* Rich and structured data for your applications.

In contrast to a traditional CMS, Squidex is headless and does not provide the front end. This frees you up to choose a technology of your choice to create a thoroughly awesome user experience!

## How to Get Started?

### I want to get started immediately with Squidex Cloud

Read our guide for new users and learn how to publish your first content with Squidex.

{% content-ref url="id-02-documentation/introduction-and-use-case" %}
[introduction-and-use-case](https://docs.squidex.io/id-02-documentation/introduction-and-use-case)
{% endcontent-ref %}

### I want to install Squidex on my own (virtual) machines

Follow our installation instructions to install Squidex on your own hardware.

{% content-ref url="id-01-getting-started/installation" %}
[installation](https://docs.squidex.io/id-01-getting-started/installation)
{% endcontent-ref %}

### I want to contribute as a developer or understand the architecture

Check out our contributor guide with instructions how to build, run and extend Squidex.

{% content-ref url="id-01-getting-started/contributing-and-developing" %}
[contributing-and-developing](https://docs.squidex.io/id-01-getting-started/contributing-and-developing)
{% endcontent-ref %}