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description: RudderStack Documentation
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# Home

[RudderStack](https://rudderstack.com/) is a **customer data platform for developers.** Our tooling makes it easy to deploy pipelines that collect customer data from every app, website and SaaS platform, then activate it in your warehouse and business tools.

Start building a better, warehouse-first CDP that delivers complete, unified data to every part of your customer data stack. Sign up for [RudderStack Cloud](https://app.rudderstack.com/signup?type=freetrial)today.

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## Quick start

* Familiarize yourself with all the RudderStack features. Refer to the [Glossary](https://rudderstack.com/docs/get-started/glossary/).
* Read more about RudderStack's [architecture](https://rudderstack.com/docs/get-started/rudderstack-architecture/).
* Start using [RudderStack Cloud](https://app.rudderstack.com/signup?type=freetrial) or [set up open source RudderStack](https://rudderstack.com/docs/rudderstack-open-source/installing-and-setting-up-rudderstack/) on your preferred platform.
* Learn how RudderStack tracking works and use `track`, `identify`, and other types of event calls in RudderStack. Refer to the [RudderStack API Spec](https://rudderstack.com/docs/rudderstack-api/api-specification/rudderstack-spec/) for more information.
* Stuck somewhere? Refer to our up-to-date [user guides](https://rudderstack.com/docs/user-guides/) or check out the [FAQ](https://rudderstack.com/docs/faqs/) guide for help.

For community support, you can always start a conversation in our [Slack community](https://rudderstack.com/join-rudderstack-slack-community) and ask any questions you might have about RudderStack.

## License

The [RudderStack Server](https://github.com/rudderlabs/rudder-server) is released under the [AGPLv3 License](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0-standalone.html).

Refer to the [RudderStack Blog](https://rudderstack.com/blog/rudderstacks-licensing-explained) to know more about how our software is licensed.

## Contribute

We would love to see you contribute to RudderStack. Refer to the [Contributing Guidelines](https://github.com/rudderlabs/rudder-server/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) for more information.

## Follow us

* [RudderStack Blog](https://rudderstack.com/blog/)
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* [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/rudderlabs/)
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* [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21081756)
* [Product Hunt](https://www.producthunt.com/posts/rudderstack)
