# Eclipse Scout - Core [Eclipse Scout](https://eclipse.dev/scout/) is a mature and open framework for modern business applications on the web. It substantially boosts developer productivity and is simple to learn. This module contains the web runtime components running in the browser. ## Getting Started If you are completely new and wondering what Eclipse Scout is, please visit our [website](https://eclipse.dev/scout/). To get started with Scout, follow our [Get Started Guide](https://eclipsescout.github.io/scout-docs/26.1/getstarted/getstarted.html). ## Documentation To learn more about Scout and how to use it, you should have a look at our [documentation platform](https://eclipsescout.github.io/). There you will find tutorials, best practices and architecture details. ## Contributing Please see our [contribution guide](https://github.com/eclipse-scout/scout.rt#contributing) on how to contribute. ## Get in Touch To get in touch with the Eclipse Scout community, please open a thread in the [Eclipse Scout Forum](https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php?t=thread&frm_id=174) or on [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/tags/eclipse-scout). ## License [Eclipse Public License 2.0](https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/)