# Monaca

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Monaca is a mobile app development platform. You can develop iOS and Android apps using the web technologies JavaScript and HTML. 

We provide various development tools, web services, and technical support so that anyone can easily develop mobile applications. So far, it has been used in more than 200 countries and more than 100,000 apps have been created.

### Start app development in the cloud 

Access Monaca from your web browser and start developing. You can learn the flow of application development in the following tutorial.

{% content-ref url="tutorials/monaca\_ide" %}
[monaca\_ide](https://en.docs.monaca.io/tutorials/monaca_ide)
{% endcontent-ref %}

### Start app development locally

By using Monaca's local development tools "Monaca Localkit" and "Monaca CLI", you can start application development using the local development environment (editor and version control tool) that you are familiar with.

{% content-ref url="tutorials/monaca\_cli" %}
[monaca\_cli](https://en.docs.monaca.io/tutorials/monaca_cli)
{% endcontent-ref %}

### FAQ

{% content-ref url="faq" %}
[faq](https://en.docs.monaca.io/faq)
{% endcontent-ref %}


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```
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