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title: "Overview | WELD docs"
description: "What WELD is: the whole Wayne State app stack joined into one application, and where each part sits in it."
url: https://weld.apps.wayne.edu/docs/
llms: https://weld.apps.wayne.edu/llms.txt
generator: Squire agent-ready
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# Overview[#](https://weld.apps.wayne.edu/docs/#overview)

This page orients you to WELD: what it is, which path to pick first, and where the project stands today.

[![WELD's front page: the headline WELD, 'Wired, Everything, Linked, Deployed. Many parts, one piece.', the composer create-project command, and the welder's-helmet mark on a green tile.](https://weld.apps.wayne.edu/docs/readme/hero.jpg)](https://weld.apps.wayne.edu/index.html)

**WELD**

![php ^8.3](https://weld.apps.wayne.edu/docs/readme/badges/php.svg) ![laravel ^13.29](https://weld.apps.wayne.edu/docs/readme/badges/laravel.svg) ![license MIT](https://weld.apps.wayne.edu/docs/readme/badges/license.svg)

**W**ired, **E**verything, **L**inked, **D**eployed. Many parts, one piece.

WELD is the whole Wayne State app stack joined into one application. Install it, deploy it, and every part is already hooked up: sign-in, security headers, checks, coding standards, CI and the WayneUI interface. Think of it as the Megazord, except it comes with a deploy script and nobody has to shout to make it combine. Fourteen parts, one bead.

## Pick your path[#](https://weld.apps.wayne.edu/docs/#pick-your-path)

- [Quick start](https://weld.apps.wayne.edu/docs/guides/quick-start.html): bring the whole stack up with one Docker command.
- [Install](https://weld.apps.wayne.edu/docs/install.html): get a copy with composer create-project, or clone it if you want the history too.
- [What is welded in](https://weld.apps.wayne.edu/docs/guides/whats-welded-in.html): the parts and what each does in the app.
- [Running WELD off Citadel](https://weld.apps.wayne.edu/docs/running-off-citadel.html): OpenShift, Coolify and plain Docker, with Citadel for comparison.

## Status[#](https://weld.apps.wayne.edu/docs/#status)

Latest release: 0.1.2 (2026-11-03). The license is MIT.

**Not to be confused with:** `weld:doctor` checks local setup only; standards checks are PROCTOR's.

Agents: fetch [https://weld.apps.wayne.edu/llms.txt](https://weld.apps.wayne.edu/llms.txt).

## Related[#](https://weld.apps.wayne.edu/docs/#related)

- [Install](https://weld.apps.wayne.edu/docs/install.html)
- [Quick start](https://weld.apps.wayne.edu/docs/guides/quick-start.html)
- [What is welded in](https://weld.apps.wayne.edu/docs/guides/whats-welded-in.html)
- [Changelog](https://weld.apps.wayne.edu/docs/changelog.html)