# Introductie

The OpenStad software allows for different e-democracy websites to be created & managed. It supports: single & multiple voting on ideas, submitting ideas, participatory budgeting, arguments, voting and arguments, different authentication methods, managing multiple sites and more.

![Westbegroot screenshot](https://1929732892-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FteZWnRGpaZe4HXNXvrFs%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-7f213f52312969a877096d63c9e7a5dd7b994280%2Fwestbegroot-screenshot.png?alt=media)

Initially the software was developed in Amsterdam. It's currently actively used in many different cities, such as Amsterdam, Den Haag, Haarlem & Alphen aan den Rijn. 

The ecosystem contains a CMS & sitebuilder that allows for pages to be build from scratch, an API and an admin panel that allows for multiple sites be created, copied and managed.

Check out the [Technical Documentation](https://docs.openstad.org/openstad/technical) for the different servers we are managing and how to install the servers.

For web editors: find out the CMS basics under [Werken in het CMS - Algemeen](https://docs.openstad.org/openstad/manual/intro) (in Dutch), and read about creating and filling pages under [Pagina's opbouwen](https://github.com/Amsterdam/openstad-docs/blob/master/manual/creating-pages/intro.md) (in Dutch).

Or check out the available CMS modules and it's features in the [Modules overview](https://github.com/Amsterdam/openstad-docs/blob/master/modules/README.md)