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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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  skills:
    - databricks-core
    - databricks-apps
  docs:
    - /docs/appkit/v0
    - https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dev-tools/databricks-apps/
---

# Start here

## What is DevHub?

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

## Why enterprise apps on Databricks?

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

- **Developer experience**: agent-first tooling lets anyone ship real apps fast, with coding agents doing the heavy lifting.
- **Production readiness**: stable managed deployments out of the box, plus horizontal scaling with zero-downtime rollouts and session affinity.
- **Governance & administration**: workspace-level permissions and SSO apply automatically to every app, and per-app compute controls (fixed sizes, stop and start on demand) 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, authentication, 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://devhub.generaltranslation.app/docs/apps/overview), [Lakebase Postgres](https://devhub.generaltranslation.app/docs/lakebase/overview), [Agent Bricks](https://devhub.generaltranslation.app/docs/agents/overview), and the [Data Lakehouse](https://devhub.generaltranslation.app/docs/lakehouse/overview). See [Platform overview](https://devhub.generaltranslation.app/docs/platform-overview) for more details on each service.

## Where to go next

- Read the [Platform overview](https://devhub.generaltranslation.app/docs/platform-overview) to see how the services fit together.
- [Set up your environment](https://devhub.generaltranslation.app/docs/tools/databricks-cli) to start building apps.
- Learn what [templates](https://devhub.generaltranslation.app/docs/templates) are and how they can help you quickly scaffold an app.


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