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# About Drop
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Drop is an open-source, self-hosted game distribution platform. It's designed offer all the same features of a platform like Steam.
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Don't know what any of that means? Keep reading.
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## Open source
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Open source means you are free to view and re-use the source code of Drop (in accordance with it's license).
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Drop is also open-contribution, and we encourage technical users to contribute back to the Drop source code, especially if there are features they want that are missing or are planned for later.
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If you want to start contributing, check out our GitHub: [Drop OSS organization](https://github.com/Drop-OSS).
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We also recommend join our Discord: [Drop-OSS invite](https://discord.gg/NHx46XKJWA). However, there is a lot of drama around open-source projects using Discord, so we also encourage using GitHub issues or discussions to ask for support or talk about new features.
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## Self hosted
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Self hosted means there **is no central server.** Unlike many of the services which dominate the Internet today, Drop isn't a website you go to, it's software you download and run yourself. That means every person that uses Drop **has their own, independent copy**, which has it's own **own, independent URL or way to access it.**
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Or, if you're lucky, one of your friends or family has already set up an instance, and provided you with a URL, in which case you can just head over to [Getting started with Drop](/guides/client).
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## Game distribution
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A game distribution service is one that... distributes games. Think of Steam, GOG or Epic Games. You can view, buy and download games from these sites. That's what Drop is.
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Instead however, instead of a massive centralized website, each admin runs their own copy, and adds *their own games* to their own copy of Drop. Also, there's no payment processing, nothing has a price.
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## Platform
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Drop does a lot more than just game distribution. As of `v0.2.0-beta`, a lot hasn't been implemented. But, in future, Drop will be able to handle things such as:
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- Dedicated servers
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- Matchmaking & P2P games
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- Achievements & items
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- Cloud saves
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- Modding |