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| title: "Introduction" |
| description: General introduction of Apache DevLake |
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| ## What is Apache DevLake? |
| Apache DevLake is an open-source dev data platform that ingests, analyzes, and visualizes the fragmented data from DevOps tools to distill insights for engineering productivity. |
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| Apache DevLake is designed for developer teams looking to make better sense of their development process and to bring a more data-driven approach to their own practices. You can ask Apache DevLake many questions regarding your development process. Just connect and query. |
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| ## What can be accomplished with DevLake? |
| 1. Collect DevOps data across the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and connect the siloed data with a standard [data model](../DataModels/DevLakeDomainLayerSchema.md). |
| 2. Visualize out-of-the-box engineering [metrics](../EngineeringMetrics.md) in a series of use-case driven dashboards |
| 3. Easily extend DevLake to support your data sources, metrics, and dashboards with a flexible [framework](Architecture.md) for data collection and ETL. |
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