> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://help.form.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://help.form.io/intro.md).

# What is Form.io?

The first stop for users who are new to Form.io or exploring the platform.

Welcome to **Form.io!**

**Form.io** is a combined form and data management platform that creates sophisticated forms, exposes them through automatically generated APIs, and routes submission data to the systems that need it. It allows application developers to rapidly create forms using a flexible palette of drag-and-drop components. Alongside this form, Form.io generates the API necessary to collect and handle the data collected by the form.

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