> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://govplane.gitbook.io/docs/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://govplane.gitbook.io/docs/readme.md).

# Developer Platform

<h2 align="center">Open Source Runtime Governance for Modern Applications</h2>

<p align="center">The CLI, the CLI Toolkit and the Runtime SDK are open source under the MIT license, and the bundle specification is public. You can run all of it in production without an account.</p>

<p align="center"><a href="/spaces/9j8BoaOdXvFjMqtxvrwF/pages/PEIzcvGUe29L8x7zh2wN" class="button primary">Quickstart</a> <a href="https://github.com/Govplane" class="button secondary">GitHub</a></p>

<table data-card-size="large" data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th><th data-hidden data-card-cover data-type="image">Cover image</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><i class="fa-terminal">:terminal:</i></td><td><strong>CLI &#x26; CLI Toolkit</strong></td><td>Author, build, sign, simulate and inspect policy bundles on your own machine. No account needed to validate or inspect; the toolkit asks for an email once.</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i class="fa-code">:code:</i></td><td><strong>Runtime SDK</strong></td><td>Evaluate signed bundles inside your application — from a file on disk, or from Govplane Cloud. Zero runtime dependencies. Node.js 2.0 available now; Java, PHP and Python on 1.x.</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i class="fa-file-lines">:file-lines:</i></td><td><strong>Bundle specification</strong></td><td>The published schema, the canonical payload, and the signing rules — everything you need to build and sign a bundle without our tooling.</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i class="fa-cloud">:cloud:</i></td><td><strong>Govplane Cloud</strong></td><td>Optional hosted control plane: real-time delivery, observability, team collaboration, backups, AI-assisted authoring, and HSM signing.</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>


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