.. _developers_index:

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Developer documentation
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This documentation is intended for developer contributing to Open Forms itself, not for
people integrating with Open Forms.

.. note::

    If you're developing a client for Open Forms, please take a look at the OpenAPI 3
    specification in the root of the project or spin up an instance and visit the
    interactive documentation at ``http://localhost:8000/api/docs/``.

In :ref:`developers_architecture` we describe the high level architecture of Open Forms
and some core principles that impact the codebase structure. Please take a look to
familiarize yourself with the design principles.

.. toctree::
   :caption: Topics
   :maxdepth: 2

   architecture
   installation
   backend/index
   frontend/index
   embedding
   sdk/index
   plugins/index
   extending
   extensions
   checklists
   i18n
   ui-components
   csp
   npm
   releases
   versioning