# Welcome to Hiero Documentation

Hiero, a [Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust](http://www.lfdecentralizedtrust.org/) project, is an open-source, vendor-neutral distributed ledger technology used to build the [Hedera](https://hedera.com/) public ledger.

<table data-card-size="large" data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th align="center"></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th><th data-hidden data-card-cover data-type="files"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="center"><a href="https://hiero.org/"><strong>LEARN THE BASICS</strong></a></td><td><a href="https://hiero.org/">https://hiero.org/</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="getting-started"><strong>GET STARTED</strong></a></td><td><a href="#set-up-your-environment">#set-up-your-environment</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="https://hiero.org/#roadmap"><strong>ROADMAP</strong></a></td><td><a href="https://hiero.org/#roadmap">https://hiero.org/#roadmap</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="https://hiero.org/#contribute"><strong>CONTRIBUTE</strong></a></td><td><a href="https://hiero.org/#contribute">https://hiero.org/#contribute</a></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Contributing

Whether you’re fixing bugs, enhancing features, or improving documentation, your contributions are important — let’s build something great together!

Please read our [contributing guide](https://github.com/hashgraph/.github/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) to see how you can get involved.

## Code of Conduct

This project is governed by the [Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct](https://github.com/hashgraph/.github/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md). By participating, you are expected to uphold this code of conduct.

## License

[Apache License 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)