## Why Strapi?

> At [Strapi](http://strapi.io), everything we do we believe in changing the status quo of web development. Our products are simple to use, user friendly and production-ready.

Web and mobile applications needed a powerful, simple to use and production-ready API-driven framework. That's why we created Strapi, an open-source [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) rich framework for building applications and services.

Strapi enables developers to focus on writing reusable application logic instead of spending time building infrastructure. It is designed for building practical, production-ready Node.js applications in a matter of hours instead of weeks.

## Features

- **100% JavaScript**, the language you probably already are using for the front-end.
- **Rock-solid foundation** offering plenty of possibilities for web apps and APIs.
- **Useful CLI** that let you scaffold projects, APIs and migrations on the fly.
- **Front-end agnostic** and can be used with Angular, Backbone, React, Ember, Vue, iOS, Android, etc.
- **Easy authentication** with 150+ supported providers to easily manage your authentication processes.
- **Security layers** that just work and ships reusable security policies.
- **GraphQL implementation** for describing data requirements and interactions.
- **JSON API specification** to increase productivity by following shared conventions.
- **Smooth WebSockets** to handle realtime connections and events.
- **Flexible SQL dialect** with schema building for migrations, query building, transactions, and a lot more.
- **Elegant SQL ORM** featuring relations, lifecycle events, etc.
- **NoSQL support** if you need to plug specific data layers.

Convinced? [Let's get started!](./installation/index.html)

!!! note
    Are you interested in helping us on Strapi? We encourage all kinds of contribution from the community.
    You might take a look at our [Governance](../../info/governance/index.html), [Code of Conduct](../../info/conduct/index.html) and [Release process](../../info/releases/index.html).

!!! important
    Before using Strapi in your work environment, please read our [Security](../../info/security/index.html), [Trademark](../../info/trademarks/index.html) and [License](../../info/licenses/index.html) policies. [Getting help with Strapi](../../info/support/index.html) is easy, with free community support options for individuals and small teams, up to professional support for large businesses.