# Fireworks ## Docs - [Quickstart](https://fireworks.mintlify.app/quickstart.md): Fireworks.ai is a lightning-fast inference platform that helps you serve your large language models (LLMs). - [Querying text models](https://fireworks.mintlify.app/querying-text-models.md): Fireworks.ai offers an OpenAI-compatible REST API for querying text models. There are several ways to interact with it - [Authentication](https://fireworks.mintlify.app/authentication.md) - [Custom base models](https://fireworks.mintlify.app/custom-base-models.md) - [Installation](https://fireworks.mintlify.app/api-reference/installation.md) - [Authentication](https://fireworks.mintlify.app/api-reference/authentication.md) - [API Reference](https://fireworks.mintlify.app/api-reference/api-reference.md) ## Optional - [Models](https://fireworks.ai/models) - [Contact Us](https://fireworks.ai/company/contact-us) - [Blog](https://fireworks.ai/blog)