> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://daostack-1.gitbook.io/v1/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://daostack-1.gitbook.io/v1/introduction/architecture-overview.md).

# Architecture Overview

Below is a high level diagram of DAOstack's architecture:

![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/eq4m6RMflA-_Zrw8JdEla-Yx47WLd60KepbsNzPJy8bWxudQHgtOFcuoBlquYAZpsun5_ytjlEXCzrITChWBxeC5IdNSYt_1rMOcJZhoRF3G7DKLZF1I8eQq1anybfpQbGaY2IdS)

This section covers the main elements of the stack:&#x20;

* smart contracts
* subgraph
* frontend library
* applications (dapps)
