> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://nighthawkapps.gitbook.io/zcash-explorer/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://nighthawkapps.gitbook.io/zcash-explorer/about/features.md).

# Features

* **Open source development**: The code is open source and available for anyone to use, explore and improve.
* **Real time home page:**  Metrics/Stats , Blocks , Transactions on the home page are updated in real time - no page refresh required.  progressive enhancement makes sure that users using the explorer from a browser with JS disabled and users who don't have support for web sockets in their browser can also use the basic functionality. 
* **Basic Block / Transaction exploration functionality**
* **Payment Disclosure.**
* **Broadcast Raw TX.**
* **Viewing keys.**

**DevOps:**

* Easy to deploy and self host.
* Support for Docker based deployments.
* TOR  support ( Tx broadcasting and making the web service available over TOR ) .