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title: "Overview"
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{{< img src="/media/banner.png" alt="Crossplane Popsicle Truck" size="large" >}}
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<br />
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Crossplane is an open source Kubernetes extension that transforms your Kubernetes
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cluster into a **universal control plane**.
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Crossplane lets you manage anything, anywhere, all through standard Kubernetes
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APIs. Crossplane can even let you
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[order a pizza](https://blog.crossplane.io/providers-101-ordering-pizza-with-kubernetes-and-crossplane/)
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directly from Kubernetes. If it has an API, Crossplane can connect to it.
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With Crossplane, platform teams can create new abstractions and custom
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APIs with the full power of Kubernetes policies, namespaces, role-based access
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controls and more. Crossplane brings all your non-Kubernetes resources under
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one roof.
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Custom APIs, created by platform teams, allow security and compliance
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enforcement across resources or clouds, without exposing any complexity to the
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developers. A single API call can create multiple resources, in multiple clouds
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and use Kubernetes as the control plane for everything.
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{{< hint "tip" >}}
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**What's a control plane?**
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Control planes create and manage the lifecycle of resources. Control planes
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constantly _check_ that the intended resources exist, _report_ when the intended
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state doesn't match reality and _act_ to make things right.
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Crossplane extends the Kubernetes control plane to be a **universal control
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plane** to check, report and act on any resource, anywhere.
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{{< /hint >}}
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# Get Started
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* [Install Crossplane]({{<ref "software/install">}}) in your Kubernetes cluster
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* Learn more about how Crossplane works in the
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[Crossplane introduction]({{<ref "getting-started/introduction" >}})
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* Join the [Crossplane Slack](https://slack.crossplane.io/) and start a
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conversation with a community of over 7,000 operators.
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Crossplane is a [Cloud Native Compute Foundation](https://www.cncf.io/) project.
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