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<h1 class="landing-sectionTitle">Stellar Documentation</h1>

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<span class="spu-lineFullL">Stellar is open-source, distributed payments infrastructure. Build affordable

financial services.</span>

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<h2 class="spu-color-neutral4 landing0616-resTitle">Reference &amp; SDKs</h2>

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<li class="landing0616-res__item"><a href="{{pathPrefix}}/js-stellar-sdk/reference/">JavaScript SDK</a></li>

<li class="landing0616-res__item"><a href="{{pathPrefix}}/go/reference/">Go SDK</a></li>

<li class="landing0616-res__item"><a href="https://github.com/stellar/java-stellar-sdk">Java SDK</a></li>

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<h2 class="spu-color-neutral4 landing0616-resTitle sub">Community SDKs</h2>

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<li class="landing0616-res__item"><a href="https://github.com/StellarCN/py-stellar-base">Python SDK</a></li>

<li class="landing0616-res__item"><a href="https://github.com/elucidsoft/dotnetcore-stellar-sdk">C# .NET Core

2.0 SDK</a></li>

<li class="landing0616-res__item"><a href="https://github.com/bloom-solutions/ruby-stellar-sdk">Ruby SDK</a>

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<li class="landing0616-res__item"><a href="https://github.com/Soneso/stellar-ios-mac-sdk">iOS and macOS SDK</a>

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<li class="landing0616-res__item"><a href="https://github.com/synesso/scala-stellar-sdk">Scala SDK</a></li>

<li class="landing0616-res__item"><a href="https://github.com/bnogalm/StellarQtSDK">C++ SDK</a></li>

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<h2 class="spu-color-neutral4 landing0616-resTitle">Guides</h2>

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<li class="landing0616-res__item"><a href="{{pathPrefix}}/guides/get-started/">Get Started</a></li>

<li class="landing0616-res__item"><a href="https://www.stellar.org/old-content/2016/08/Sending-Payment-Flow-Detailed.jpg">Sending Payments</a></li>

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<li class="landing0616-res__item"><a href="https://hub.docker.com/r/stellar/quickstart/"><strong>Quickstart

Docker</strong></a></li>

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<li class="landing0616-res__item"><a href="https://github.com/stellar/go/tree/master/services/horizon">Horizon

API Server</a></li>

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href="https://github.com/stellar/go/tree/master/services/federation">Federation Server</a></li>

<li class="landing0616-res__item"><a href="https://github.com/stellar/bridge-server">Bridge Server</a></li>

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<h2 class="landing-sectionTitle spu-color-neutral9">Develop the future of finance</h2>

<p class="spu-fontSize-3 landing0616-buildApps__lead spu-padBottom-10">Build microsavings accounts for school fees

or health insurance, or a Slack bot to report a transaction stream. Develop a project to enter in the <a

href="https://www.stellar.org/lumens/build/">Stellar Build Challenge</a>.</p>

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<a href="https://www.stellar.org/how-it-works/powered-by-stellar/"

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<h2 class="landing-sectionTitle spu-padBottom-15">Don't see what you're looking for?</h2>

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<p class="spu-fontSize-3">Ask questions and get in touch with 1000+ developers.</p>

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<p class="spu-fontSize-3">Find more information and contact us in other Stellar channels.</p>

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