---
title: "About Developer Hub"
description: "Understanding about Contentstack Developer Hub"
url: "https://www.contentstack.com/docs/developer-hub/about-developer-hub"
product: "Contentstack"
doc_type: "guide"
audience:
  - developers
  - admins
version: "current"
last_updated: "2026-07-29"
---

# About Developer Hub

Contentstack Developer Hub is an app development framework/portal that developers can leverage to rapidly build, host, and publish ready-to-use private or public apps.

## What Developer Hub provides

The Contentstack App Framework consists of app development APIs, SDKs, and other tools that help you build apps with ease. Using this framework, you can create **private** apps (only for your organization) and **public** apps (listed in Public marketplace for any of the CS customers to use, for example, third-party integrations, Contentstack apps, and so on).

## Prerequisites for Working with Developer Hub

Here are some basic prerequisites that you need to have before you start creating apps in Developer Hub:

*   Access to Contentstack App Framework and Contentstack App SDK
*   Organization [Owner or Admin](/docs/administration/about-administration-roles) or Stack [Owner](/docs/headless-cms/types-of-roles#owner) or [Admin](/docs/headless-cms/types-of-roles#admin) permissions
*   A thorough knowledge of app development
*   [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) version 20 or above

## Open Developer Hub

To access Developer Hub, log in to your [Contentstack account](https://www.contentstack.com/login/).

Navigate to **App Switcher** on the top-right corner and select **Developer Hub**.

![Developer\_Hub\_Landing\_Page](https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/blt2d43f51baca745a8/blt1e1654d312bdca3e/65b7af5cd791ca6019765ee8/Developer_Hub_Landing_Page.png)

Now, let’s get started with [creating apps in Developer Hub](/docs/developer-hub/creating-an-app-in-developer-hub).