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Welcome to the documentation for OpenDDS |release|!
OpenDDS is an open-source framework for exchanging data in distributed systems. See :ref:`introduction--what-is-opendds` for more information.
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OpenDDS |release| is available :ghrelease:`for download on GitHub`.
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This copy of OpenDDS isn't a release, so this documentation may not be finalized.
It may be missing documentation on new features or the existing documentation may be incorrect.
You can find the documentation for the latest release `here <https://opendds.readthedocs.io/en/latest-release/>`_.
Looking for the documentation for another version of OpenDDS?
The documentation for version 3.24.0 onwards is hosted on Read the Docs.
The Developer's Guide PDFs for versions before 3.24.0 are available on GitHub.
They are attached to their corresponding releases as OpenDDS-VERSION.pdf.
- :ref:`quickstart`
- Download and compile OpenDDS and then run an example application
- :ref:`introduction--dcps-overview`
- A conceptual overview of the Data Distribution Service
- :ref:`introduction--what-is-opendds`
- OpenDDS is an open-source DDS
- :doc:`devguide/building/index`
- How to build and install OpenDDS
- :doc:`devguide/getting_started`
- A tutorial on making basic OpenDDS applications
- :doc:`devguide/index`
- The OpenDDS Developer's Guide has more detailed documentation
- :doc:`news`
- What are the latest changes in OpenDDS?
- :doc:`internal/index`
- Documentation for OpenDDS contributors
- :doc:`glossary`
- A dictionary of common terms