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title: BuildBuddy Docs
sidebar_label: Introduction
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BuildBuddy is an open-core Bazel build event viewer, result store, remote cache, and remote build execution platform.

## Get started

There are two main ways to get started with BuildBuddy:

1. [BuildBuddy Cloud](cloud.md): a fully managed cloud version of BuildBuddy that is free to use for individuals and open source projects. You can get up and running quickly by just adding a few lines to your `.bazelrc` file.
1. [BuildBuddy On-Prem](on-prem.md): Run your own instance of BuildBuddy on your own servers or in your own cloud environment. Features targeted at individual developers are free and open source. [BuildBuddy Enterprise](enterprise.md) is also available for companies that need advanced features like OIDC auth, API access, and more.

## Go further

Once you've gotten started with BuildBuddy - there's lots more to check out!

1. [Guides](guides.md): Helpful guides to walk you through common BuildBuddy use-cases.
1. [Configuration options](config.md): Learn how to configure BuildBuddy to conform to your needs.
1. [Remote Build Execution](remote-build-execution.md): parallelize your builds across thousands of machines.
1. [Troubleshooting](troubleshooting.md): Where to go when you're stuck.

## Start contributing

Check out our [contributing](contributing.md) docs to find out how to get started contributing to BuildBuddy.

## Join the discussion

Join our [BuildBuddy Slack channel](https://slack.buildbuddy.io) to talk to the team, ask questions, discuss BuildBuddy, and get to know us!
