:title: Deis Docs | Your PaaS. Your Rules.
:description: Welcome to Deis
:keywords: Deis, Django Celery, API, Python, Chef, PaaS, commandline, command-line, contributing, faq, terms, tutorial

Welcome
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Deis is a Django/Celery API server, Python CLI and set of
`Chef cookbooks`_ that combine to provide a Heroku-inspired application
platform for public and private clouds. Your PaaS. Your Rules.

.. image:: ../web/static/img/deis-graphic.png
    :alt: Deis cover logo

If you are new to Deis, you should start with :ref:`Concepts`
and basic :ref:`Usage` of the command-line client.
Follow the :ref:`Developer Guide <developer>` to deploy an application on Deis.
The :ref:`Operations Guide <operations>` will walk you through deploying Deis itself.

Want to learn about Deis internals?  You'll find complete API documentation
in the :ref:`client` and :ref:`server` sections.

Interested in contributing to the Deis project?  Check out our
:ref:`Contributor Overview <contributor>` and
:ref:`devsetup` instructions.

.. _`Chef cookbooks`: https://github.com/opdemand/deis-cookbook