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# Overview

### Build governed applications across independent Canton nodes

Decentralization Manager is BitSafe’s open-source application framework for creating and operating Decentralized Parties on Canton Network. It coordinates the topology, packages, peer participation, governance, and operational workflows required when multiple organizations control one shared Canton party.

### What is a Decentralized Party?

A Decentralized Party is a Canton party identity hosted and governed across independent participant nodes. Its membership and approval rules can evolve through approved workflows while the party identity remains stable.

### What Decentralization Manager provides

* Create and operate Decentralized Parties.
* Coordinate encrypted peer-to-peer workflows between operator instances.
* Distribute and compare Daml packages across participants.
* Propose, confirm, execute, cancel, and expire governed actions.
* Coordinate membership and application-contract changes.
* Extend the governance lifecycle with application-specific Daml modules.

### Choose a path

<table data-search="false"><thead><tr><th>Goal</th><th>Canonical page</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Understand components and coordination</td><td><a href="/pages/xUnA9PXM8fKM0Tp3kyxQ">Decentralization Manager architecture overview</a></td></tr><tr><td>Try it in development</td><td><a href="/pages/hyOizSUB8jAl66AWxXFl">Decentralization Manager prerequisites</a> and <a href="/pages/yIyek9R9PClhALvqPHaG">Run Decentralization Manager locally</a></td></tr><tr><td>Create a Decentralized Party</td><td><a href="/pages/x2u5VPpIdPRwNnKjMFkc">Create a Decentralized Party</a></td></tr><tr><td>Build a governed application</td><td><a href="/pages/u3wcvL11DDACCRMHbbMC">Decentralization Manager module selection and custom Daml</a></td></tr><tr><td>Deploy and operate</td><td><a href="/pages/QdZNlHpFUOaalYFKQbeE">Decentralization Manager production deployment</a></td></tr><tr><td>Review security</td><td><a href="/pages/7fq7VBAgEx13QsTpzPQM">Decentralization Manager security architecture</a></td></tr><tr><td>Integrate through the operator API</td><td><a href="/pages/RR7kIfy5csCIpMnGwLj2">Decentralization Manager API and workflow reference</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Operating boundary

Each participating organization runs its own Decentralization Manager instance and controls its authentication, local state, Canton credentials, peer records, and upgrade process. A workflow initiator can coordinate a supported workflow, but that temporary role does not create permanent control over the Decentralized Party.

### Technical sources

* [Decentralization Manager repository](https://github.com/DLC-link/decentralization-manager)
* [Architecture](https://github.com/DLC-link/decentralization-manager/blob/main/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md)
* [Production deployment](https://github.com/DLC-link/decentralization-manager/blob/main/docs/DEPLOYMENT_GUIDE.md)

### Next step

👉 **See how the system is organized:** [Decentralization Manager architecture overview](/decentralization-manager/concepts-and-development/architecture-overview.md).


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