---
id: kibDevDocsWelcome
slug: /kibana-dev-docs/getting-started/welcome
title: Welcome
summary: Build custom solutions and applications on top of Kibana.
date: 2021-01-02
tags: ['kibana', 'dev', 'contributor']
---

[Kibana](https://www.elastic.co/what-is/kibana) is a pluggable platform that allows users to search, visualize and analyze data in Elasticsearch.

Kibana ships with many out-of-the-box capabilities that can be extended and enhanced by custom javascript plugins. Developers can also write their own custom applications.

Recommended next reading:

1. <DocLink id="kibDevTutorialSetupDevEnv" text="Set up your development environment" />
2. Create a <DocLink id="kibHelloWorldApp" text="Hello World plugin"/>.
3. <DocLink id="kibDevAddData" text="Add data" />.

Check out our <DocLink id="kibDevDocsApiWelcome" text="API documentation" /> to dig into the nitty gritty details of
every public plugin API.