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title: "The Polkadot App"
description: "Documentation for the Polkadot Products Devnet, the Polkadot app, and the developer platform behind it."
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# Build Products for People.

Documentation for the Polkadot app, the Polkadot Products Devnet it runs on, and the tools for building apps on it.

## Choose your path

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<a class="wiki-card" href="/apps/using-the-app/users/"><span class="wiki-card__title">Use the app</span><span class="wiki-card__copy">Install the Polkadot app, set up a devnet account and open your first app.</span></a>
<a class="wiki-card" href="/apps/get-started/developers/"><span class="wiki-card__title">Build a Product</span><span class="wiki-card__copy">Build a web app, give it a <code>.dot</code> domain and publish it on the Devnet.</span></a>
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## Explore the platform

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<a class="wiki-card" href="/apps/architecture/"><span class="wiki-card__title">Architecture</span><span class="wiki-card__copy">How the app, DotNS, Bulletin, Asset Hub, People, CASH and messaging fit together.</span></a>
<a class="wiki-card" href="/apps/using-the-app/"><span class="wiki-card__title">Guides</span><span class="wiki-card__copy">Step by step: create an account, get CASH, register a <code>.dot</code> domain, publish an app.</span></a>
<a class="wiki-card" href="/apps/reference/"><span class="wiki-card__title">Reference</span><span class="wiki-card__copy">Packages, network IDs, registries, addresses, source links and terms.</span></a>
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## Popular guides

- [Create an account & get funds](/apps/using-the-app/create-account/)
- [Get & use CASH](/apps/using-the-app/get-and-use-cash/)
- [Discover & open apps](/apps/using-the-app/discover-and-open-apps/)
- [Build & publish an app](/apps/build/build-and-publish/)
- [Register a `.dot` domain](/apps/build/register-a-dot-name/)
- [Use platform services from the SDK](/apps/build/platform-services-sdk/)

## Devnet entry points

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<a class="wiki-card" href="https://dev-dot.li"><span class="wiki-card__title">Web gateway</span><span class="wiki-card__copy">dev-dot.li</span></a>
<a class="wiki-card" href="https://browse.dev-dot.li"><span class="wiki-card__title">Browse directory</span><span class="wiki-card__copy">browse.dev-dot.li</span></a>
<a class="wiki-card" href="https://faucet.polkadot.io"><span class="wiki-card__title">Faucet</span><span class="wiki-card__copy">faucet.polkadot.io</span></a>
<a class="wiki-card" href="https://docs.dev-dot.li"><span class="wiki-card__title">On-chain docs</span><span class="wiki-card__copy">docs.dev-dot.li</span></a>
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