# Platform components

The Liquid Gears Platform is comprised of core components and associated optional services.

The main components of the platform are:

* Carbon Editor for content creation and curating
* Ubiquity Dashboard for content distribution and App User management
* Mobile and Desktop apps to distribute content into
* Integrated Web Apps (a.k.a. IWAs) which comprise the user interface of the apps for end-users
* Admin Dashboards

Other optional components are:

* a document search service
* a Private Information Provider (a.k.a. PIP) to store and retrieve sensitive information

Other features can be delivered through the use of one or more components lissted above:

* localisation
* analytics
* flexible use of content metadata
* etc.