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title: Start here
description: Build internal apps on the Databricks workspace your company already runs on. DevHub provides templates, the AppKit SDK, and companion docs.
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# Start here

## What is DevHub?

DevHub is the developer resource for building **enterprise apps** with Databricks.

## Why enterprise apps on Databricks?

The Databricks platform pairs first-class developer experience with the production readiness and governance large organizations need:

- **Developer experience**: agent-first tooling lets anyone ship real apps fast, with coding agents doing the heavy lifting.
- **Production readiness**: stable, zero-downtime deployments, horizontal scaling, and stateful sessions out of the box.
- **Governance & administration**: workspace-level permissions and SSO apply automatically to every app, and per-app scale-to-zero and scale-to-one keep spend under control.

## Your workspace is the foundation

Apps built on Databricks run in a **Databricks workspace**.

> Not sure what a workspace is? Ask your team's Databricks admin, sign up for a [free trial](https://databricks.com/signup), or check out [Databricks Free Edition](https://databricks.com/learn/free-edition) to create your own workspace.

Workspaces are isolated, secure, and governed. For every app you build, the workspace determines who can sign in and what data the app can read and write. Hosting, auth, and networking are all handled for you, so you can focus on your app's core logic instead of the infrastructure.

## What you'll build with

Apps built on Databricks use several workspace services: [Databricks Apps](https://developers.databricks.com/docs/apps/overview), [Lakebase Postgres](https://developers.databricks.com/docs/lakebase/overview), [Agent Bricks](https://developers.databricks.com/docs/agents/overview), and the [Data Lakehouse](https://developers.databricks.com/docs/lakehouse/overview). See [Platform overview](https://developers.databricks.com/docs/platform-overview) for the diagram and details on each.

## Where to go next

- Read the [Platform overview](https://developers.databricks.com/docs/platform-overview) to see how the services fit together.
- [Set up your environment](https://developers.databricks.com/docs/tools/databricks-cli) to start building apps.
- Already have your environment set up? Use a [template](https://developers.databricks.com/templates) to quickly scaffold an app.