# Introduction

zend-paginator is a flexible component for paginating collections of data and
presenting that data to users.

The primary design goals of zend-paginator are as follows:

- Paginate arbitrary data, not just relational databases.
- Fetch only the results that need to be displayed.
- Do not force users to adhere to only one way of displaying data or rendering
  pagination controls.
- Loosely couple `Zend\Paginator` to other Zend Framework components so that
  users who wish to use it independently of `Zend\View`, `Zend\Db`, etc. can do
  so.