| #https://www.notion.so/n8n/Frontmatter-432c2b8dff1f43d4b1c8d20075510fe4 | |
| description: Understand n8n's architecture | |
| contentType: overview | |
| # 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/){:target=_blank .external-link} and let n8n know which architecture documents would be useful for you. | |