Welcome to Corda ! ================== `Corda <https://www.corda.net/>`_ is a blockchain-inspired open source distributed ledger platform. If you’d like a quick introduction to distributed ledgers and how Corda is different, then watch this short video: .. raw:: html <embed> <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/205410473" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> </embed> Want to see Corda running? Download our demonstration application `DemoBench <https://www.corda.net/downloads/>`_ or follow our :doc:`quickstart guide </quickstart-index>`. If you want to start coding on Corda, then familiarise yourself with the :doc:`key concepts </key-concepts>`, then read our :doc:`Hello, World! tutorial </hello-world-introduction>`. For the background behind Corda, read the non-technical `introductory white paper`_ or for more detail, the `technical white paper`_. If you have questions or comments, then get in touch on `Slack <https://slack.corda.net/>`_ or write a question on `Stack Overflow <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/corda>`_ . We look forward to seeing what you can do with Corda! .. note:: You can read this site offline. Either `download the PDF`_ or download the Corda source code, run ``gradle buildDocs`` and you will have a copy of this site in the ``docs/build/html`` directory. .. _`introductory white paper`: _static/corda-introductory-whitepaper.pdf .. _`technical white paper`: _static/corda-technical-whitepaper.pdf .. _`download the PDF`: _static/corda-developer-site.pdf .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 quickstart-index.rst key-concepts.rst building-a-cordapp-index.rst corda-nodes-index.rst corda-networks-index.rst tutorials-index.rst tools-index.rst node-internals-index.rst component-library-index.rst release-process-index.rst faq.rst troubleshooting.rst other-index.rst glossary.rst