> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://michaljach.gitbook.io/rapid/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://michaljach.gitbook.io/rapid/master.md).

# Introduction

**Rapid** is statically typed programming language for the Web. It is built to accelerate modern web development and to provide faster, easier and safer development process. It can be run natively in the browser with greater performance than Javascript thanks to [Webassembly](https://webassembly.org/). 

#### Some benefits:

* statically typed
* functional
* better performance
* smaller binary size
* open source, driven by community

## [Get started](/rapid/quick-start.md) now !