## 🐰 Introduction Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. - **Free & open-source.** No artificial limitations, vendor lock-in, or hidden paywalls. - **REST & GraphQL API.** Instantly layers a blazingly fast Node.js API on top of any SQL database. - **Manage pure SQL.** Works with new or existing SQL databases, no migration required. - **Choose your database.** Supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, OracleDB, CockroachDB, MariaDB, and MS-SQL. - **On-Prem or Cloud.** Run locally, install on-premises, or use our [self-service Cloud service](https://directus.io/pricing). - **Completely extensible.** Built to white-label, it is easy to customize our modular platform. - **A modern dashboard.** Our no-code Vue.js app is safe and intuitive for non-technical users, no training required. **[Learn more about Directus](https://directus.io)** • **[Documentation](https://docs.directus.io)**
## 🚀 Directus Cloud [Directus Cloud](https://directus.io/pricing) allows you to create projects, hosted by the Directus team, in 90 seconds. - **No product limitations or service usage quotas (unlimited users, API requests, etc)** - A modern self-service dashboard to create and monitor all your projects in one place - End-to-end solution: Directus, database, serverless auto-scaling, storage, and a global CDN - Select your desired region and provision a new project in ~90 seconds **[Create a Directus Cloud Project](https://directus.cloud)**
## 🤔 Community Help [The Directus Documentation](https://docs.directus.io) is a great place to start, or explore these other channels: - [Discord](https://directus.chat) (Questions, Live Discussions) - [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/directus/directus/issues) (Report Bugs) - [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/directus/directus/discussions) (Feature Requests) - [Twitter](https://twitter.com/directus) (Latest News) - [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/c/DirectusVideos/featured) (Video Tutorials)
## ❤️ Contributing & Sponsoring Please read our [Contributing Guide](./contributing.md) before submitting Pull Requests. All security vulnerabilities should be reported in accordance with our [Security Policy](https://docs.directus.io/contributing/introduction/#reporting-security-vulnerabilities). Directus is a premium open-source ([GPLv3](./license)) project, made possible with support from our passionate core team, talented contributors, and amazing [GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/directus). Thank you all!
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