# Source: https://planetscale.com/docs/vitess.md

# PlanetScale for Vitess

[Vitess](https://vitess.io) is a battle-hardened open source technology invented at YouTube for deploying, scaling, and managing large clusters of database instances. It now powers some of the largest sites on the Internet.

PlanetScale for Vitess brings you fully-managed Vitess clusters with unlimited scalability through horizontal sharding.

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  <Card title="Vitess quickstart" href="/docs/vitess/tutorials/planetscale-quick-start-guide" icon="rocket-launch">
    Deploy a Vitess database and learn the basics of using PlanetScale.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Architecture" href="/docs/vitess/architecture" icon="database">
    Learn about Vitess architecture.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Branching" href="/docs/vitess/imports/database-imports" icon="code-branch">
    Schema changes with branching for safe database development.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Import a database" href="/docs/vitess/imports/database-imports" icon="file-import">
    Import your existing MySQL database to PlanetScale.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Need help?

Get help from [the PlanetScale Support team](https://support.planetscale.com/), or join our [GitHub discussion board](https://github.com/planetscale/discussion/discussions) to see how others are using PlanetScale.


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