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#  Get started

Get started with LangChain

## [ 📄️  Introduction  LangChain is a framework for developing applications
powered by language models. It enables applications that:
](/docs/get_started/introduction) ## [ 📄️  Installation  Official release
](/docs/get_started/installation) ## [ 📄️  Quickstart  In this quickstart
we'll show you how to:  ](/docs/get_started/quickstart) ## [ 📄️  Security
LangChain has a large ecosystem of integrations with various external
resources like local and remote file systems, APIs and databases. These
integrations allow developers to create versatile applications that combine
the power of LLMs with the ability to access, interact with and manipulate
external resources.  ](/docs/security) [ Next  Introduction
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