_guides/cloud.gov.md
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title: Cloud.gov
category: Development
audiences:
- Developers
---
[Cloud.gov](https://cloud.gov/) is a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) provided by [18F](https://18f.gsa.gov/). It is designed for use by federal agencies. We are targeting cloud.gov as our primary hosting platform.
As a GSA user, you automatically have access to cloud.gov and the GSA `sandbox-gsa` organization, where you can experiment with test deployments. The best place to get started is the [cloud.gov docs](https://docs.cloud.gov/). Whenever the documentation refers to an "organization" or "org", you can use `sandbox-gsa`. You also have a personal sandbox space named after your email address. For instance, if your email address is harry.truman@gsa.gov, then your space name is `harry.truman`.
Since cloud.gov is built with [Cloud Foundry](http://cloudfoundry.org/), the Cloud Foundry [documentation](http://docs.cloudfoundry.org/) is also an useful resource.