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title: How to Guides
slug: /how-to-guides
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# How to Guides

The How to Guides will give you a walk through on accomplishing the basic to the most advanced things in OpenMetadata. These step-by-step guides will help get an overview of the features and also help explore the various functionalities. 

# Overview of OpenMetadata

## What is OpenMetadata?

OpenMetadata is a **unified platform for discovery, observability, and governance** powered by a central metadata repository, in-depth lineage, and seamless team collaboration. It is one of the fastest-growing open-source projects with a vibrant community and adoption by a diverse set of companies in a variety of industry verticals. Based on Open Metadata Standards and APIs, supporting connectors to a wide range of data services, OpenMetadata enables end-to-end metadata management, giving you the freedom to unlock the value of your data assets.

## Quick Start Guides

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