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title: What is Tracecat?
description: Introduction to the Tracecat security automation platform.
---

[Tracecat](https://tracecat.com) is the [open-source](https://github.com/TracecatHQ/tracecat) Tines / Splunk SOAR alternative built for security engineers.

## Why Tracecat?

- **Security Operations (SecOps):** Unify playbook development across security analysts and security engineers
- **Security Engineers (SecEng):** Build and maintain complex playbooks using open source integrations and configuration-as-code (YAML)
- **Managed Detection & Response (MDR):** Rapidly self-host, embed, and scale multi-tenant playbooks into any security service or product

## New to Tracecat?

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  <Card title="Install" icon="server" href="/self-hosting/introduction">
    Self-host Tracecat on your own infrastructure (Docker Compose, AWS, Kubernetes).
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  <Card title="15-Minute Quickstart" icon="rocket" href="/installation/introduction">
    Learn the basics of Tracecat by building a VirusTotal enrichment playbook.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Integrations" icon="diagram-project" href="/cheatsheets/integrations">
    Pre-built integrations and their required secrets.
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## Tutorials

Self-guided tutorials to go from zero-to-hero in Tracecat.

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  <Card title="Control Flow" icon="code-branch" href="/tutorials/2-control-flow">
    Learn how to use if-conditions in your workflows.
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  <Card title="Actions Registry" icon="shapes" href="/tutorials/3-actions-registry">
    Learn how to use pre-built integrations in your workflows.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Child Workflows" icon="file-code" href="/tutorials/4-child-workflows">
    Learn how to combine smaller workflows into a single workflow.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Triggers" icon="circle-play" href="/tutorials/5-triggers">
    Learn how to trigger workflows via webhooks or schedules.
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  <Card title="Custom Integrations" icon="file-code" href="/tutorials/6-custom-integrations">
    Learn how to add custom integrations to the Actions Registry.
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  <Card title="Updating" icon="spinner" href="/tutorials/updating">
    Learn how to update Tracecat to the latest version.
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## Core Features

Check out the following docs for more details on Tracecat's core features.

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  <Card title="Actions" icon="square-plus" href="/platform/actions">
    Building blocks for automations and integrations.
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  <Card title="Secrets" icon="key" href="/platform/secrets">
    Store and retrieve sensitive data.
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  <Card title="Expressions" icon="brackets-curly" href="/platform/expressions">
    Reference action results and workflow metadata.
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  <Card title="Functions" icon="percent" href="/cheatsheets/functions">
    Powerful utility functions for automations.
  </Card>
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