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The bitwarden Core project contains the APIs, database, and other infrastructure items needed for the "backend" of all other bitwarden projects.
-The core infrastructure is written in C# using .NET Core with ASP.NET Core. The database is written in T-SQL/SQL Server.
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-The codebase can be developed, built, run, and deployed cross-platform on Windows, macOS, and Linux distributions.
+The core infrastructure is written in C# using .NET Core with ASP.NET Core. The database is written in T-SQL/SQL Server. The codebase can be developed, built, run, and deployed cross-platform on Windows, macOS, and Linux distributions.
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