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# Couchbase Lite on C

Couchbase Lite is an embedded, NoSQL JSON Document Style database for your mobile apps.

You can use Couchbase Lite as a standalone embedded database within your mobile apps, or with Sync Gateway and Couchbase Server to provide a complete cloud to edge synchronized solution.

Couchbase Lite for C ships both a C API and a committed C++ wrapper API (cbl++), available on all supported platforms.

## How Do You Want To Start Building Today?

###  Get Started with C / C++

Get set up and deploy Couchbase Lite for C, which includes both the C API and the C++ wrapper API (cbl++).

* [Download](gs-downloads.md)
* [Install](gs-install.md)
* [Build](gs-build.md)
* [Browse C API References](https://docs.couchbase.com/mobile/4.1.0/couchbase-lite-c/C/html/modules.html)

###  Do More

Explore advanced features and capabilities.

* [Data Sync](replication.md)
* [SQL++ for Mobile](query-n1ql-mobile.md)
* [Live Query](query-live.md)

###  Learn More

Dive deeper into core concepts and components.

* [Database](database.md)
* [Document](document.md)
* [Blob](blob.md)

###  Key Concepts

Understand fundamental principles and best practices.

* [Conflicts](conflict.md)
* [Indexing](indexing.md)

###  Product Notes

Stay updated with the latest releases and platform support.

* [New in 4.1](../cbl-whatsnew.md)
* [Couchbase Lite Release Notes](releasenotes.md)
* [Vector Search Release Notes](vs-releasenotes.md)
* [Supported Platforms](supported-os.md)