# Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs)

> **Learn about DIDs** If you want to learn about what [DIDs are, please go over to our learning site here.](https://learn.cheqd.io/overview/introduction-to-decentralised-identity/what-is-a-decentralised-identifier-did)

A Decentralized Identifier "DID" is a globally unique identifier that does not require a centralized registration authority because it is registered with distributed ledger technology or other form of decentralized network.

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**Learn about DIDs** If you want to learn about what [DIDs are, please go over to our learning site here.](https://learn.cheqd.io/overview/introduction-to-decentralised-identity/what-is-a-decentralised-identifier-did)
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## Get started

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Create DID</strong></mark></td><td>Create an Issuer DID using the <code>did:cheqd</code> DID method using Veramo. </td><td><a href="dids/create-did">create-did</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Create Subject DID</strong></mark></td><td>Create a Subject DID using the <code>did:key</code> method.</td><td><a href="dids/create-subject-did">create-subject-did</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Resolve DID</strong></mark></td><td>Resolve a DID to retrieve the associated DID Document. </td><td><a href="dids/query-did">query-did</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Alternatives

Below are a list of alternatives SDKs for creating cheqd DIDs.

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th><th data-hidden data-card-cover data-type="files"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>cheqd Studio</strong></mark></td><td>Our API product enables users to <strong>use cheqd's functionality with minimal complexity</strong> and easily integrate APIs into existing apps. </td><td><a href="../../studio">studio</a></td><td><a href="https://3569764573-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FPVAMvpKH7PYzvXA6u6Cn%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-7f1ffe5c0546f0ee4f106ac1a71308c5ee5ad7c8%2Fcheqd_logo_card.jpg?alt=media">cheqd_logo_card.jpg</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>ACA-Py</strong></mark></td><td>ACA-Py (Aries Cloud Agent Python) is an SDK that can issue AnonCreds, JSON-LD and SD-JWT credentials with full cheqd support.</td><td><a href="../aca-py">aca-py</a></td><td><a href="https://3569764573-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FPVAMvpKH7PYzvXA6u6Cn%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-7c6e984dea8a819980980f97ae804f943838ce62%2FACA-Py.png?alt=media">ACA-Py.png</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Credo</strong></mark></td><td>Credo is an SDK which <strong>supports the European Architecture and Reference Framework (ARF)</strong> <strong>standards as well as AnonCreds</strong> with full cheqd support for DIDs. </td><td><a href="../credo">credo</a></td><td><a href="https://3569764573-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FPVAMvpKH7PYzvXA6u6Cn%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-60c84f7d53e6eb6e675e8cd8b00e4920ad335ca0%2FCredo.png?alt=media">Credo.png</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>DID Registrar</strong></mark></td><td>Simple setup for building cheqd DIDs into existing applications using REST APIs, building into the <a href="https://uniregistrar.io/">Universal Registrar</a>.</td><td><a href="../../advanced/did-registrar">did-registrar</a></td><td><a href="https://3569764573-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FPVAMvpKH7PYzvXA6u6Cn%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-a95d1f6e14a4b976289d6f2bd705a8a324f2032f%2FDIF.png?alt=media">DIF.png</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Walt.id Community Stack</strong></mark></td><td>Walt.id Community Stack is an SDK that supports the <a href="https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/european-digital-identity-architecture-and-reference-framework-outline"><strong>European Architecture and Reference Framework (ARF)</strong></a> standards for identity, with full cheqd support. </td><td><a href="../walt-id">walt-id</a></td><td><a href="https://3569764573-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FPVAMvpKH7PYzvXA6u6Cn%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-13fffb32e0b3f04983f4984cd455a441c3111b7f%2Fwalt.id%20logo.png?alt=media">walt.id logo.png</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>cheqd Cosmos CLI</strong></mark></td><td>Cosmos CLI which directly communicates with the cheqd network. This should only be used for testing environments.</td><td><a href="../../advanced/tooling/cheqd-node-cli">cheqd-node-cli</a></td><td><a href="https://3569764573-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FPVAMvpKH7PYzvXA6u6Cn%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-fab3a1d3aa7f3c99241ea3ab060ec02d66ce2c7c%2Fcosmos%20and%20cheqd.png?alt=media">cosmos and cheqd.png</a></td></tr></tbody></table>