| # Get started |
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| Fuchsia is a modern open source operating system that’s simple, secure, |
| updatable, and performant. It provides core operating system functions like |
| system resource management, a driver framework, and software abstractions. |
| Fuchsia is a general purpose operating system designed to power a diverse |
| ecosystem of hardware and software. |
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| ## SDK or source tree? |
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| Fuchsia is an open source project in active development at Google. There are |
| two ways to work with Fuchsia: you can build products and software for Fuchsia |
| using the SDK, or contribute to the source tree to build the Fuchsia platform. |
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| ## SDK - Build software for Fuchsia |
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| Fuchsia has an SDK with tools to help you get started developing |
| software that will run on Fuchsia. Before you begin building your software, it |
| is recommended you learn about the fundamentals of using the Fuchsia SDK. |
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| <a class="button button-primary" |
| href="/docs/get-started/sdk/learn">Fundamentals for SDK</a> |
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| ## Source tree - Contribute to Fuchsia |
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| As Fuchsia is an open source project, you can contribute to the Fuchsia source tree. Before you |
| begin contributing, it’s recommended that you learn about the fundamentals about |
| the Fuchsia platform to understand how Fuchsia works. |
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| <a class="button button-primary" |
| href="/docs/get-started/learn">Fundamentals for contributors</a> |
