# Welcome To ArrayFire ${AF_VERSION}

ArrayFire is a high performance software library for parallel computing with an easy-to-use API. Its array based function set makes parallel programming simple.

ArrayFire's multiple backends (CUDA, OpenCLand native CPU) make it platform independent and highly portable.

A few lines of code in ArrayFire can replace dozens of lines of parallel compute code, saving you valuable time and lowering development costs.

Follow these steps to install the ArrayFire libraries.