# About

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![PowerShell Universal Admin Console](/files/-MlAt-KBaJLlk8PmwfIz)

Universal is a cross-platform solution for developing web-based tools with PowerShell. It currently provides three main features which include APIs, Automation and Dashboards. 

Universal provides an Administrator console, management REST API, PowerShell cmdlets and a idempotent configuration system using PowerShell scripts.  

**APIs**

* Build REST endpoints with PowerShell
* Accept common HTTP verbs
* Process request bodies
* Build dynamic URLs with route parameters and query strings
* Rate-limit APIs

**Automation**

* Run scripts and view output, pipeline output, and parameters 
* Respond to feedback from cmdlets like Read-Host
* Schedule scripts with CRON or one-time schedules
* Automatically build input forms based on param blocks
* Set variables and secrets that can be used throughout scripts 
* Trigger scripts based on events

**User Interfaces**

* Build web pages with PowerShell script
* Include input forms, charts and tables 
* Build interactive websites with buttons, message boxes and more
* Drag and drop page designer for simple UIs

**Platform**

* Cross-platform and supported on Windows, Linux and Mac OS
* Git integration for configuration files, scripts and dashboards 
* Built-in authentication and authorization 
* Support for Windows PowerShell as well as PowerShell 6 and 7

## Licensing 

Universal is licensed per feature and per server. You do not need to buy the entire platform if you would like to use a single piece of functionality. Visit our [website for more information ](https://ironmansoftware.com/powershell-universal/)on pricing. 

## Free to Use

Universal offers a lot of functionality for free. Below is a list of the features that require a paid license. 

### API

You can run as many APIs are you want for free. You will need to purchase a license if you would like to enable authentication, authorization and rate limiting. 

### Automation 

With the free version of Automation you can run up to 25 jobs a day with 2 jobs running concurrently. You will need a license to use [triggers](/master-1/automation/triggers.md).

### Dashboard 

With the free version of dashboard, you can run unauthenticated dashboards. You will not have access to the diagnostics or console pages. 


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