# Get started

What Volcano is, how to install it, and how to ship your first project.

Volcano is AI infrastructure for agents and applications. It gives you
functions, durable functions, databases, authentication, realtime, file
storage, frontend hosting, and distributed locks — through one API, CLI, and
SDK.

New here? Follow these in order:

1. [What is Volcano?](https://docs.volcano.dev/get-started/what-is-volcano.md) — the model and core building blocks.
2. [Install](https://docs.volcano.dev/get-started/install.md) — get the CLI and SDK.
3. [Quickstart](https://docs.volcano.dev/get-started/quickstart.md) — from zero to a deployed project.

Then dive into a surface:

- [Platform](https://docs.volcano.dev/platform.md) — how Volcano works, concepts, and API reference.
- [JavaScript SDK](https://docs.volcano.dev/sdk/js.md) — build web and Node apps.
- [CLI](https://docs.volcano.dev/cli.md) — manage projects, functions, durable functions, databases, and frontends.