# Dorfteich manuals

User-facing documentation, by audience. German translations live in
[`docs/de/`](../de/manual/README.md); English is authoritative when the
two diverge.

**New to Dorfteich?** There is a step-by-step beginner tutorial,
[Dorfteich Schritt für Schritt](../de/tutorial/README.md) — currently
German-first (unlike the manuals, the German edition is the original;
an English translation may follow).

| Guide                                        | For                                  |
| -------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ |
| [Feature overview](../features.md)           | anyone wondering what Dorfteich is   |
| [User guide](user-guide.md)                  | everyday members                     |
| [Pond-admin guide](pond-admin-guide.md)      | people administering a pond          |
| [Site-admin guide](site-admin-guide.md)      | instance administrators              |
| [API guide](api-guide.md)                    | scripts and integrations             |
| [MCP guide](mcp-guide.md)                    | connecting AI assistants             |
| [Developer guide](../developer/extending.md) | plugin authors and core contributors |

Operating an instance (install, update, backup, monitoring):
[self-hosting](../self-hosting/README.md). Internals:
[architecture](../architecture/README.md).