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layout: page
---

<script setup lang="ts">
import { data } from '@/data/blog.data.js';
import Footer from '@/components/home/Footer.vue';
import Github from '@/components/home/icons/Github.vue';
import Badge from '@/components/Badge.vue';
</script>

<section :class="[$style.hero, $style.paddingBox]">
	<div :class="[$style.sectionContainer, $style.sectionContainerHero, $style.flex]">
		<div :class="[$style.heroContent, $style.sectionPaddingHero]">
			<Badge>Resource Hub</Badge>
			<h1>Directus Documentation</h1>
			<p>Explore our resources and powerful data engine to build your projects confidently.</p>
			<div :class="[$style.heroButtons, $style.buttonGroup]">
				<Button href="/getting-started/quickstart">Get Started</Button>
				<Button secondary :icon="Github" href="https://github.com/directus/directus/" external>GitHub</Button>
			</div>
		</div>
		<div :class="$style.heroToggler">

<SnippetToggler :choices="['Fetch Items', 'Create an Item', 'Authentication', 'Realtime']"  maintainHeight>

<template #fetch-items>

```js
import { createDirectus, rest, readItems } from '@directus/sdk';
const client = createDirectus('https://xyz.directus.app').with(rest());

const item = await client.request(
	readItems('articles', {
		fields: ['id', 'title', 'date_published', 'summary']
	})
);
```

</template>
<template #create-an-item>

```js
import { createDirectus, rest, createItem } from '@directus/sdk';
const client = createDirectus('https://xyz.directus.app').with(rest());

const item = await client.request(
	createItem('articles', {
		title: 'Hello, world!',
		summary: 'This is my next big thing.'
	})
);
```

</template>
<template #authentication>

```js
import { createDirectus, rest, createUser } from '@directus/sdk';
const client = createDirectus('https://xyz.directus.app').with(rest());

const newUser = await client.request(
	createUser({
		email: 'user@example.com',
		password: 'd1r3ctu5'
	})
);

const user = await client.login('user@example.com', 'd1r3ctu5');
```

</template>
<template #realtime>

```js
import { createDirectus, realtime } from '@directus/sdk'
const client = createDirectus('https://xyz.directus.app').with(realtime({ authMode: 'public' }));

const { subscription } = await client.subscribe('messages');

for await (const item of subscription) {
	console.log(item);
}
```

</template>
</SnippetToggler>
		</div>
	</div>

</section>

<section :class="[$style.sectionPaddingMd, $style.paddingBox]">
	<Tabs :class="[$style.sectionContainer, $style.whiteBg]" :tabs="['Developer Reference', 'User Guide']">
		<template #developer-reference>
			<Card
				title="Database APIs"
				text="Use our dynamic REST and GraphQL APIs to access and efficiently manage your data."
				url="/reference/introduction"
				icon="api"
			/>
			<Card
				title="Data Model"
				text="Structure and organize items, fields, and relationships in your collections."
				url="/app/data-model"
				icon="database"
			/>
			<Card
				title="Authentication"
				text="Use our powerful and simple authentication features in your own applications."
				url="/reference/authentication"
				icon="lock"
			/>
			<Card
				title="Extensions"
				text="Build, modify or expand any feature needed for your project with our flexible extensions."
				url="/extensions/introduction"
				icon="extension"
			/>
			<Card
				title="Realtime"
				text="Access real-time data in your project with WebSockets, backed by your database."
				url="/guides/real-time/getting-started/"
				icon="bolt"
			/>
			<Card
				title="Flows"
				text="Create custom, event-driven data processing and task automation workflows."
				url="/app/flows"
				icon="flowsheet"
			/>
		</template>
		<template #user-guide>
			<Card
				title="Content Module"
				text="Empower your entire team to interact with and manage items in your collection."
				url="/user-guide/content-module/content"
				icon="deployed_code"
			/>
			<Card
				title="User Management"
				text="Learn about adding users, granular roles, and access permissions to your projects."
				url="/user-guide/user-management/users-roles-permissions"
				icon="group"
			/>
			<Card
				title="File Storage"
				text="Store and retrieve files, use storage adapters, and learn about media transformations."
				url="/user-guide/file-library/files"
				icon="folder_copy"
			/>
			<Card
				title="Insights Dashboard"
				text="Build custom analytics dashboards directly from your data to gain meaningful business insights. "
				url="/user-guide/insights/dashboards"
				icon="insights"
			/>
			<Card
				title="Translation"
				text="Easily manage multilingual content, making your projects accessible and user-friendly for a global audience."
				url="/user-guide/content-module/translation-strings"
				icon="g_translate"
			/>
			<Card
				title="Directus Cloud"
				text="Explore key aspects of Directus Cloud including the dashboard, projects, and members."
				url="/user-guide/cloud/overview"
				icon="cloud"
			/>
		</template>
	</Tabs>
</section>

<section :class="[$style.sectionPaddingMd, $style.mb60, $style.paddingBox]">
	<div :class="[$style.sectionContainer]">
		<div :class="$style.header">
			<h2>Latest From The Blog</h2>
			<p>
				Project tutorials, tips & tricks, and best practices from the Directus team and community.
			</p>
		</div>
		<div :class="[$style.grid4, $style.m60]">
			<Article
				v-for="article in data.blog.articles.slice(0,4)"
				:key="article.id"
				:title="article.title"
				:desc="article.description"
				:url="`/blog/${article.id}`"
				:img="`https://marketing.directus.app/assets/${article.image}?key=card`"
				:showMeta="false"
			/>
		</div>
		<div :class="$style.header">
			<Button href="/blog/">View All Posts</Button>
		</div>
	</div>
</section>

<div :class="$style.paddingBox">
	<div :class="$style.sectionContainer">
		<Divider />
	</div>
</div>

<section :class="[$style.paddingBox]">
	<div :class="[$style.sectionContainer, $style.sectionPaddingLg]">
		<div :class="$style.header">
			<h2>We 💜 Your Framework</h2>
			<p>
				Combine Directus with your favorite framework to create flexible and fast web applications.
			</p>
		</div>
		<div :class="[$style.grid4, $style.m60, $style.frameworks]">
			<a href="/guides/headless-cms/build-static-website/next">
				<div :class="[$style.image]">
					<img src="/assets/frameworks/next.png" alt="Next.js" />
				</div>
			</a>
			<a href="/guides/headless-cms/build-static-website/nuxt-3">
				<div :class="[$style.image]">
					<img src="/assets/frameworks/nuxt.png" alt="Nuxt" />
				</div>
			</a>
			<a href="/blog/getting-started-directus-astro">
				<div :class="[$style.image]">
					<img src="/assets/frameworks/astro.png" alt="Astro" />
				</div>
			</a>
			<a href="/blog/getting-started-directus-sveltekit">
				<div :class="[$style.image]">
					<img src="/assets/frameworks/sveltekit.png" alt="SvelteKit" />
				</div>
			</a>
			<a href="/blog/getting-started-solidstart">
				<div :class="[$style.image]">
					<img src="/assets/frameworks/solidstart.png" alt="SolidStart" />
				</div>
			</a>
			<a href="/blog/getting-started-with-directus-and-gatsby">
				<div :class="[$style.image]">
					<img src="/assets/frameworks/gatsby.png" alt="Gastby" />
				</div>
			</a>
			<a href="/blog/getting-started-directus-and-eleventy-11ty-3">
				<div :class="[$style.image]">
					<img src="/assets/frameworks/11ty.png" alt="Eleventy" />
				</div>
			</a>
			<a href="/blog/getting-started-with-directus-and-remix">
				<div :class="[$style.image]">
					<img src="/assets/frameworks/remix.png" alt="Remix" />
				</div>
			</a>
		</div>
		<div :class="$style.header">
			<Button href="/guides">View All Guides</Button>
		</div>
	</div>
</section>

<div :class="$style.paddingBox">
	<div :class="$style.sectionContainer">
		<Divider />
	</div>
</div>

<section :class="[$style.sectionPaddingMd, $style.paddingBox]">
	<div :class="[$style.sectionContainer, $style.sectionContainerSelfHosted]">
		<div :class="[$style.header, $style.headerSelfHosted]">
			<h2 :class="$style.headingSelfHosted">
				Self Hosted
				<span style="white-space: nowrap">Directus</span>
			</h2>
			<p>
				Learn how to run Directus on your own machine, customize settings, and deploy with confidence.
			</p>
		</div>
		<div :class="[$style.grid2, $style.m60]">
			<Article
				title="Get Started with Docker"
				desc="Get up and running with our Docker Guide."
				img="/assets/docker.png"
				url="/self-hosted/quickstart"
			/>
			<Article
    			title="Config Options"
    			desc="A reference of all possible settings in your project."
    			img="/assets/config-options.png"
    			url="/self-hosted/config-options"
    		/>
    	</div>
    </div>
</section>

<div :class="$style.paddingBox">
	<div :class="$style.sectionContainer">
		<Divider />
	</div>
</div>

<section :class="[$style.sectionContainer, $style.sectionPaddingMd, $style.paddingBox]">
	<div :class="$style.header">
		<h2>Contributing to Directus</h2>
		<p>
			There are many ways in which you can contribute to the health and growth of the Directus project.
		</p>
		<div :class="$style.buttonGroup">
			<Button href="https://discord.com/invite/directus" external>Join the Community</Button>
			<Button secondary :icon="Github" href="https://github.com/directus/directus/" external>GitHub</Button>
		</div>
	</div>
	<div :class="[$style.grid3, $style.m60]">
		<Card
			h="3"
			title="Request a Feature"
			text="Propose new features to improve Directus. Find out how we use GitHub Discussions to organize requests."
			url="/contributing/feature-request-process"
			icon="post_add"
		/>
		<Card
			h="3"
			title="Contribute via Code"
			text="Make a significant impact with code contributions. Read our Pull Request process and find out about our CLA."
			url="/contributing/introduction"
			icon="code"
		/>
		<Card
			h="3"
			title="Sponsorship & Advocacy"
			text="Sponsor our project, increase its visibility and find out how to share the word with others!"
			url="/contributing/sponsor"
			icon="handshake"
		/>
	</div>
</section>

<Footer />

<style module>
@import './home.css';
</style>