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# Architecture

Understanding n8n's underlying architecture is helpful if you need to:

* Embed n8n
* Customize n8n's default databases

This section is a work in progress. If you have questions, please try the [forum](https://community.n8n.io/) and let n8n know which architecture documents would be useful for you.
