> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://filament.getgalaxy.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Embedding as a Library

> Run Filament inside your own Go process.

Filament embeds as a library. Connectors self-register via blank imports, so
a binary only pulls in the connectors it actually uses:

```go theme={"theme":"vitesse-black"}
import (
	"github.com/galaxy-io/filament/app"

	_ "github.com/galaxy-io/filament/connectors/postgres"
	_ "github.com/galaxy-io/filament/connectors/stdout"
)

func main() { log.Fatal(app.Run(context.Background())) }
```

## Why blank imports

Each connector package registers itself with the engine on import (see
`register.go` in any `connectors/*` package). This keeps the core engine
free of a hardcoded connector list — adding support for a new source or sink
is purely additive, and a binary's dependency footprint is exactly the
connectors it imports.

## Choosing connectors

See [Connectors](/pages/connectors/overview/introduction) for what's available today, split
into [sources](/pages/connectors/sources/overview) and
[sinks](/pages/connectors/sinks/overview). To add one that doesn't exist yet, see
[Building a connector](/pages/connectors/building-a-connector/writing-a-source).