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A comprehensive enterprise development platform enabling teams to build, deploy, and operate cloud-native applications with ease.
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The IPCEI-CIS Developer Framework provides everything you need to deliver modern applications at scale.
Built on open standards and battle-tested technologies.
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Understand EDP as the developer platform hub (Forgejo, CI/CD, deployment, operations) and how it connects inner loop and outer loop workflows.

**Dive into EDP docs →**
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Learn what EdgeConnect is, how it is consumed via stable entry points (CLI, SDK, Terraform), and how EDP integrates with it as a deployment target.

**Explore EdgeConnect →**
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Read the project history, decision context, and audit-oriented traceability to primary sources and repository artifacts.

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## What's in the Platform?

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### 🚀 Developer Experience

* **Backstage Portal** - Self-service platform
* **GitOps Workflows** - Automated deployments
* **Golden Paths** - Best practices built-in

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### 🛠️ Infrastructure as Code

* **Crossplane** - Cloud resource provisioning
* **ArgoCD** - Declarative GitOps
* **Terraform** - Infrastructure automation

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### 📊 Observability

* **Prometheus & Grafana** - Metrics & dashboards
* **Loki** - Log aggregation
* **OpenTelemetry** - Distributed tracing

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## Get Started

Whether you're a **platform engineer**, **application developer**, or **auditor**, we have resources for you:

* 📖 Start at [Documentation](/docs/)
* 🧭 Read [Edge Developer Platform (EDP)](/docs/edp/)
* ☁️ Read [EdgeConnect Cloud](/docs/edgeconnect/)
* 🧾 Read [Governance](/docs/governance/)

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