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title: "Developer Docs"
sidebarTitle: "Developer Docs"
description: "Where to find developer docs — Eliza's Developer tab and upstream elizaOS docs."
---

Eliza docs cover product usage and developer reference. The upstream elizaOS docs cover framework internals and contribution guides.

## Eliza docs — User

- provider setup
- character changes
- installed capabilities
- app launch and control
- remote connections
- connector setup (Discord, Telegram, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, iMessage, and [21 more](/guides/connectors))
- LifeOps
- troubleshooting

## Eliza docs — Developer

The **Developer** tab in these docs covers the same areas developers need:

- [Architecture](/architecture)
- [Agents](/agents/character-interface) — character, runtime lifecycle, memory, personality
- [Runtime](/runtime/core) — core, memory, events, models, providers, services, types
- [Plugins](/plugins/overview) — overview, architecture, create, develop, test, publish
- [CLI Reference](/cli/overview) — all `eliza` commands
- [REST API](/rest/system) — full endpoint reference
- [Deployment](/deployment) — Docker, bare metal, Eliza Cloud
- [Apps](/apps/overview) — dashboard, desktop, mobile

## Upstream elizaOS docs

For deeper framework internals, contribution guidelines, and the latest upstream API surface:

- [elizaOS docs home](https://docs.elizaos.ai)