# Use Cases

We built Dolt as a better way to [share data](https://docs.dolthub.com/introduction/use-cases/data-sharing). Along the way, customers wanted an OLTP SQL database with Git features, so that is what Dolt became. Dolt is still a great way to share data but it's also [a great SQL database](https://www.dolthub.com/blog/2023-05-05-dolt-1-dot-0/).

Anything you can build with MySQL or Postgres you can build with Dolt.

Dolt really shines when your database can benefit from [branches](https://docs.dolthub.com/concepts/dolt/git/branch), [merges](https://docs.dolthub.com/concepts/dolt/git/merge), [diffs](https://docs.dolthub.com/concepts/dolt/git/diff), or [clones](https://docs.dolthub.com/concepts/dolt/git/remotes). We've written about customers who use Dolt to [build better cancer cell simulations](https://www.dolthub.com/blog/2022-08-17-dolt-turbine/), [power an application with branches](https://www.dolthub.com/blog/2021-11-19-dolt-nautobot/), or [add a versioning layer to important spreadsheets](https://www.dolthub.com/blog/2021-10-01-dolt-aktify/). These are just the customers who allowed us to write about their use case.

Other customers use Dolt to [manage video game configuration](https://docs.dolthub.com/introduction/use-cases/configuration-management), [get an immutable audit log of changes to their database](https://docs.dolthub.com/introduction/use-cases/audit), [build reproducibility into machine learning models](https://docs.dolthub.com/introduction/use-cases/data-and-model-quality), [ensure data quality using a pull request workflow](https://docs.dolthub.com/introduction/use-cases/manual-data-curation), and much more.

1. [Data Sharing](https://docs.dolthub.com/introduction/use-cases/data-sharing)
2. [Data and Model Quality Control](https://docs.dolthub.com/introduction/use-cases/data-and-model-quality)
3. [Manual Data Curation](https://docs.dolthub.com/introduction/use-cases/manual-data-curation)
4. [Version Control for your Application](https://docs.dolthub.com/introduction/use-cases/vc-your-app)
5. [Versioned MySQL Replica](https://docs.dolthub.com/introduction/use-cases/versioned-replica)
6. [Audit](https://docs.dolthub.com/introduction/use-cases/audit)
7. [Configuration Management](https://docs.dolthub.com/introduction/use-cases/configuration-management)
8. [Offline First](https://docs.dolthub.com/introduction/use-cases/offline-first)


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