# paraview architecture

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-architecture/11943
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [April 21, 2023, 5:48am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-architecture/11943 "2023-04-21T05:48:57Z")
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### Author: ![AndrewChu](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@AndrewChu](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/AndrewChu)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2023, 5:48am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-architecture/11943/1 "2023-04-21T05:48:57Z")

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How to understand the architecture of paraview? Is there any documents that can help read the source code?

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### Author: ![Francois\_Mazen](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/francois_mazen/32/6483_2.png) [@Francois\_Mazen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Francois_Mazen)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2023, 11:31am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-architecture/11943/2 "2023-04-24T11:31:05Z")

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Hi @AndrewChu !

You may find some hints in the ParaView API C++ documentation here: [https://kitware.github.io/paraview-docs/latest/cxx/](https://kitware.github.io/paraview-docs/latest/cxx/)

But this is definitely not a real architecture documentation. If you are interested to learn how to develop in ParaView, do not hesitate to contact Kitware for a dedicated training: [https://www.paraview.org/contact-us/](https://www.paraview.org/contact-us/)

Best,

François

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### Author: ![AndrewChu](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@AndrewChu](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/AndrewChu)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2023, 11:10pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-architecture/11943/3 "2023-04-27T23:10:20Z")

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Hi，thanks。