> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://hedera-0c6e0218-docs--429.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Welcome to Hedera — let’s build the future

## AI Studio on Hedera

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  <Card title="EVM-COMPATIBLE TOOLS" href="/#evm-compatible-tools" arrow />

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  <Card title="HEDERA ROADMAP" href="https://hedera.com/roadmap" arrow />

  <Card title="CONTRIBUTING GUIDE" href="/hedera/support-and-community/contributing-guide" arrow />
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## Learn the Basics

Start your journey with the public Hedera network by learning the basics — from understanding the network’s architecture to who’s building next-generation applications, you’ll have a proper foundation to start building.

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  <Card title="How It Works" href="https://hedera.com/how-it-works" arrow />

  <Card title="Core Concepts" href="/hedera/core-concepts" arrow />

  <Card title="Hedera Ecosystem" href="https://hedera.com/ecosystem" arrow />
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## Getting Started

Follow the step-by-step guides in the [Getting Started series](/hedera/getting-started-hedera-native-developers) to start developing on the Hedera network today. The series offers personalized developer learning paths to help you understand the essentials and start building web3 applicationss.

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  <Card title="EVM Developers" href="/hedera/getting-started-evm-developers" arrow />
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## Build Your First Decentralized Application (DApp)

Learn to use Hedera network services and build your first dApp with step-by-step tutorials, or dive into the interactive [Hedera Developer Playground](https://portal.hedera.com/playground) for a hands-on coding experience.

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  <Card title="Create Fungible Tokens" href="/hedera/tutorials/token/create-and-transfer-your-first-fungible-token" arrow />

  <Card title="Create Non-Fungible Tokens" href="/hedera/tutorials/token/create-and-transfer-your-first-nft" arrow />

  <Card title="Write Verifiable Data to Hedera" href="/hedera/tutorials/consensus/submit-your-first-message" arrow />

  <Card title="Hedera Developer Playground" href="https://portal.hedera.com/playground" arrow />

  <Card title="Hedera Contract Builder" href="https://portal.hedera.com/contract-builder" arrow />
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## Hedera Network Services

Learn about the suite of network services offered on Hedera and how each can be used to build decentralized applications.

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  <Card title="Consensus Service" href="/hedera/sdks-and-apis/sdks/consensus-service" arrow />

  <Card title="File Service" href="/hedera/sdks-and-apis/sdks/file-service" arrow />
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## EVM-Compatible Tools

Continue utilizing familiar Ethereum development tools such as Web3.js, Truffle, Ethers, Hardhat, and Foundry to build on Hedera using the [JSON-RPC Relay](/hedera/core-concepts/smart-contracts/json-rpc-relay). As an Ethereum developer, your workflow does not have to change.

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  <Card title="Set Up Metamask" href="https://github.com/hiero-ledger/hiero-json-rpc-relay/blob/main/docs/transfer-guide.md" arrow />

  <Card title="Libraries & Tooling" href="https://github.com/hiero-ledger/hiero-json-rpc-relay/tree/main/tools" arrow />

  <Card title="JSON-RPC Relay" href="/hedera/core-concepts/smart-contracts/json-rpc-relay" arrow />
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## Developer Tools and Integrations

Explore various developer tools and resources on Hedera that help make building and maintaining your decentralized application even easier.

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  <Card title="Wallet Integrations" href="/hedera/sdks-and-apis/sdks#ecosystem-wallet-support" arrow />

  <Card title="Network Bridge" href="https://www.hashport.network/" arrow />

  <Card title="Monitoring & Security" href="https://docs.openzeppelin.com/defender/" arrow />

  <Card title="Local Node" href="https://hedera.com/blog/how-to-set-up-your-own-hedera-local-network-using-docker" arrow />
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## Contributing

Whether you’re fixing bugs, enhancing features, or improving documentation, your contributions are important — let’s build something great together!

Please read our [contributing guide](https://github.com/hashgraph/.github/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) to see how you can get involved.

## Code of Conduct

This project is governed by the [Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct](https://github.com/hashgraph/.github/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md). By participating, you are expected to uphold this code of conduct.

## License

[Apache License 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)