langchain/libs/community/README.md

# 🦜️🧑‍🤝‍🧑 LangChain Community

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## Quick Install

```bash
pip install langchain-community
```

## What is it?

LangChain Community contains third-party integrations that implement the base interfaces defined in LangChain Core, making them ready-to-use in any LangChain application.

For full documentation see the [API reference](https://api.python.langchain.com/en/stable/community_api_reference.html).

![Diagram outlining the hierarchical organization of the LangChain framework, displaying the interconnected parts across multiple layers.](../../docs/static/img/langchain_stack.png "LangChain Framework Overview")

## 📕 Releases & Versioning

`langchain-community` is currently on version `0.0.x`

All changes will be accompanied by a patch version increase.

## 💁 Contributing

As an open-source project in a rapidly developing field, we are extremely open to contributions, whether it be in the form of a new feature, improved infrastructure, or better documentation.

For detailed information on how to contribute, see the [Contributing Guide](https://python.langchain.com/docs/contributing/).