# Platform

The Dash Platform provides a technology stack on the top of Dash Network that allows creation of feature-rich decentralized applications.

You can learn more from the [Dash Platform Documentation - What is Dash Platform?](../../intro/what-is-dash-platform.md)

## Platform components

- DAPI: A decentralized API that runs on all Masternodes and offers gRPC endpoints for retrieving payment chain metadata (blocks, transactions), as well as application data (documents, contracts, identities).
- Drive: Application chain storage layer where the data defined by Data Contracts is stored and managed.
- DPNS: Naming service provided by a Dash Platform App

```{toctree}
:maxdepth: 3

contracts/contracts
documents/documents
identities/identities
names/names
```