# Pithyx documentation

> Everything about Pithyx, from installing a box to writing apps for it.

Source: https://pithyx.org/docs/
Markdown: https://pithyx.org/docs.md

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- [Getting started](https://pithyx.org/docs/getting-started/what-is-pithyx.md): What Pithyx is, the hardware it needs and the quickest way to a running box.
- [Using Pithyx](https://pithyx.org/docs/user/desktop.md): The web desktop for everyday users: windows, files, apps and the own account.
- [Administration](https://pithyx.org/docs/admin/storage.md): Running a box: users and groups, permissions, storage, shared folders, file services, network, apps and backups.
- [Install and update](https://pithyx.org/docs/install/usb-stick.md): The USB stick, firmware and boot, the web installer, the first setup and system updates.
- [Daemon](https://pithyx.org/docs/developers/daemon/architecture.md): The C# daemon: architecture, API, errors, logging and tests.
- [Desktop](https://pithyx.org/docs/developers/desktop/architecture.md): The React web desktop: structure, translations, theming, window manager and budgets.
- [App development](https://pithyx.org/docs/developers/apps/overview.md): Writing, building and publishing apps: pithyx dev, the manifest, backends and catalogs.
- [SDK and CLI](https://pithyx.org/docs/sdk/guides/files-and-storage.md): The npm packages @pithyx/sdk, @pithyx/ui and @pithyx/cli.
- [Reference](https://pithyx.org/docs/reference/cli.md): Every error code, the REST API, the manifest and Compose rules, and a glossary.
- [Project](https://pithyx.org/docs/project/license.md): License, privacy, contributing, reporting security issues and the changelog.