# What is Microgen? Microgen is a smart microservices and graphql generator. Instead developing backend by Your own from scratch, with Microgen your work will be much easier. It also had microservices and event driven development in mind, so it will suitable for large scale applications! Although Microgen code are generated, it code are easy to read. So it is easy to maintain and also easy to modify. ![](/files/-MhMvh2WKZ5xfYMVOKjE) ### Microservices on its Core Microgen use the best practice of implementing microservices: * **Zero dependency:** Microservices with only JavaScript and Node.js * **Zero-configuration:** no IP addresses, no ports, no routing to configure * **Decentralized:** No fixed parts, no "manager" nodes, no single point of failure * **Auto-discovery:** Services discover each other without a central bookkeeper * **Fault-tolerant:** Don't lose any requests when a service is down * **Scalable:** Horizontally scale to any number of machines * **Performant:** Process thousands of messages per second * **Humanized API:** Extremely simple to get started with a reasonable API! --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.microgen.id/mejik-microgen/untitled.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.