h1. Developing for Couchbase
Couchbase has a number of official client libraries for development. In addition, Couchbase Server is protocol compatible with memcached, so you may use any number of existing client libraries against the server.
h2. Client Libraries
* [.NET|http://www.couchbase.com/develop/net/current]
* [Java|http://www.couchbase.com/develop/java/current]
* [PHP|http://www.couchbase.com/develop/php/current]
* [Ruby|http://www.couchbase.com/develop/ruby/current]
* [C|http://www.couchbase.com/develop/c/current]
If you want to develop your own Couchbase clients, see [Developing Couchbase Clients|http://www.couchbase.com/docs/couchbase-manual-1.8/couchbase-client-development.html]
h1. Developing Couchbase Server
If you're interested in contributing to Couchbase Server or understanding how it works, please look at the [repositories and architecture|couchbase:Architecture and Source Repositories] or [contributing changes|couchbase:Contributing Changes].
h2. Protocol Additions
Couchbase Server has some unique operations.
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