= Welcome to Apache Cassandra's documentation!
:description: Starting page for Apache Cassandra documentation.
:keywords: Apache, Cassandra, NoSQL, database
:cass-url: http://cassandra.apache.org
:cass-contrib-url: https://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/HowToContribute

This is the official documentation for {cass-url}[Apache Cassandra].
If you would like to contribute to this documentation, you are welcome to do so by submitting your contribution like any other patch following {cass-contrib-url}[these instructions].

== Main documentation

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| xref:cassandra:getting-started/index.adoc[Getting started] | Newbie starting point

| xref:cassandra:new/index.adoc[What's new in 5.0] | What's new in Cassandra 5.0

| xref:cassandra:overview/index.adoc[Overview] | Cassandra's features

| xref:cassandra:architecture/index.adoc[Architecture] | Cassandra's big picture

| xref:cassandra:developing/data-modeling/index.adoc[Data modeling] | Hint: it's not relational

| xref:cassandra:developing/cql/index.adoc[Cassandra Query Language (CQL)] | CQL reference documentation

| xref:cassandra:getting-started/configuring.adoc[Configuring] | Cassandra's handles and knobs

| xref:cassandra:managing/operating/index.adoc[Operating] | The operator's corner

| xref:cassandra:managing/tools/index.adoc[Tools] | cqlsh, nodetool, and others

| xref:cassandra:vector-search/overview.adoc[Vector Search] | Vector Search

| xref:cassandra:reference/index.adoc[Reference] | Reference

| xref:cassandra:troubleshooting/index.adoc[Troubleshooting] | What to look for when you have a problem

| xref:cassandra:overview/faq/index.adoc[FAQ] | Frequently asked questions

| xref:cassandra:integrating/plugins/index.adoc[Plug-ins] | Third-party plug-ins

| link:cassandra/reference/native-protocol.html[Native Protocols] | Native Cassandra protocol specifications

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== Meta information

* xref:master@_:ROOT:bugs.adoc[Reporting bugs]
* xref:master@_:ROOT:contactus.adoc[Contact us]
* xref:master@_:ROOT:development/index.adoc[Contributing code]
* xref:master@_:ROOT:docdev/index.adoc[Contributing to the docs]
* xref:master@_:ROOT:community.adoc[Community]
* xref:master@_:ROOT:download.adoc[Download]
