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# Welcome to Airbyte Docs
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## What is Airbyte?
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Airbyte is an open-source data movement infrastructure for building extract and load (EL) data pipelines. It is designed for versatility, scalability, and ease-of-use.
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There are three major components to know in Airbyte:
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1. **The connector catalog**
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- **350+ pre-built connectors**: Airbyte’s connector catalog comes “out-of-the-box” with over 350 pre-built connectors. These connectors can be used to start replicating data from a source to a destination in just a few minutes.
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- **No-Code Connector Builder**: You can easily extend Airbyte’s functionality to support your custom use cases through tools like the [No-Code Connector Builder](/connector-development/connector-builder-ui/overview).
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2. **The platform:** Airbyte’s platform provides all the horizontal services required to configure and scale data movement operations, available as [cloud-managed](https://airbyte.com/product/airbyte-cloud) or [self-managed](https://airbyte.com/product/airbyte-enterprise).
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3. **The user interface:** Airbyte features a UI, [**PyAirbyte**](/using-airbyte/pyairbyte/getting-started) (Python library), [**API**](/api-documentation), and [**Terraform Provider**](/terraform-documentation) to integrate with your preferred tooling and approach to infrastructure management.
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Airbyte is suitable for a wide range of data integration use cases, including AI data infrastructure and EL(T) workloads. Airbyte is also [embeddable](https://airbyte.com/product/powered-by-airbyte) within your own application or platform to power your product.
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## For Airbyte Cloud users
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Browse the [connector catalog](/integrations/) to find the connector you want. In case the connector is not yet supported on Airbyte Cloud, consider using [Airbyte Open Source](#for-airbyte-open-source-users).
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Next, check out the [step-by-step tutorial](/using-airbyte/getting-started) to sign up for Airbyte Cloud, understand Airbyte [concepts](/using-airbyte/core-concepts), and run your first sync.
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## For Airbyte Open Source users
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Browse the [connector catalog](/integrations/) to find the connector you want. If the connector is not yet supported on Airbyte Open Source, [build your own connector](/connector-development/).
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Next, check out the [Airbyte Open Source QuickStart](/deploying-airbyte/quickstart). Then learn how to [deploy](/deploying-airbyte/quickstart) and [manage](/operator-guides/upgrading-airbyte) Airbyte Open Source in your cloud infrastructure.
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## For Airbyte contributors
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To contribute to Airbyte code, connectors, and documentation, refer to our [Contributing Guide](/contributing-to-airbyte/).
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[](https://GitHub.com/airbytehq/airbyte/stargazers/) [](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/tree/a9b1c6c0420550ad5069aca66c295223e0d05e27/LICENSE/README.md) [](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/tree/a9b1c6c0420550ad5069aca66c295223e0d05e27/LICENSE/README.md)
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