# Fauxton Documentation
# Source: https://docs.couchdb.org/en/stable/fauxton/
# Path: index

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## Table of Contents

User Guides

  * [1\. Introduction](../intro/index.html)
  * [2\. Replication](../replication/index.html)
  * [3\. Querying CouchDB](../ddocs/index.html)
  * [4\. Best Practices](../best-practices/index.html)

Administration Guides

  * [1\. Installation](../install/index.html)
  * [2\. Setup](../setup/index.html)
  * [3\. Configuration](../config/index.html)
  * [4\. Cluster Management](../cluster/index.html)
  * [5\. Maintenance](../maintenance/index.html)
  * 6\. Fauxton
    * [6.1. Fauxton Setup](install.html)
  * [7\. Experimental Features](../experimental.html)

Reference Guides

  * [1\. API Reference](../api/index.html)
  * [2\. JSON Structure Reference](../json-structure.html)
  * [3\. Query Server](../query-server/index.html)
  * [4\. Partitioned Databases](../partitioned-dbs/index.html)

Other

  * [1\. Release Notes](../whatsnew/index.html)
  * [2\. Security Issues / CVEs](../cve/index.html)
  * [3\. Reporting New Security Problems with Apache CouchDB](../cve/index.html#reporting-new-security-problems-with-apache-couchdb)
  * [4\. License](../about.html)
  * [5\. Contributing to this Documentation](../contributing.html)

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  * [Configuration Quick Reference](../config-ref.html)

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# 6\. Fauxton

  * [6.1. Fauxton Setup](install.html)
    * [6.1.1. Fauxton Visual Guide](install.html#fauxton-visual-guide)
    * [6.1.2. Development Server](install.html#development-server)
    * [6.1.3. Understanding Fauxton Code layout](install.html#understanding-fauxton-code-layout)
      * [6.1.3.1. ToDo items](install.html#todo-items)

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