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| [Apache HBase](https://hbase.apache.org) is an open-source, distributed, versioned, column-oriented store modeled after Google' [Bigtable](https://research.google.com/archive/bigtable.html): A Distributed Storage System for Structured Data by Chang et al. Just as Bigtable leverages the distributed data storage provided by the Google File System, HBase provides Bigtable-like capabilities on top of [Apache Hadoop](https://hadoop.apache.org/). |
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| # Getting Start |
| To get started using HBase, the full documentation for this release can be found under the doc/ directory that accompanies this README. Using a browser, open the docs/index.html to view the project home page (or browse https://hbase.apache.org). The hbase '[book](https://hbase.apache.org/book.html)' has a 'quick start' section and is where you should being your exploration of the hbase project. |
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| The latest HBase can be downloaded from the [download page](https://hbase.apache.org/downloads.html). |
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| We use mailing lists to send notice and discuss. The mailing lists and archives are listed [here](http://hbase.apache.org/mail-lists.html) |
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| We use the #hbase channel on the official [ASF Slack Workspace](https://the-asf.slack.com/) for real time questions and discussions. Please mail dev@hbase.apache.org to request an invite. |
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| # How to Contribute |
| The source code can be found at https://hbase.apache.org/source-repository.html |
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| The HBase issue tracker is at https://hbase.apache.org/issue-tracking.html |
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| Notice that, the public registration for https://issues.apache.org/ has been disabled due to spam. If you want to contribute to HBase, please visit the [Request a jira account](https://selfserve.apache.org/jira-account.html) page to submit your request. Please make sure to select **hbase** as the '_ASF project you want to file a ticket_' so we can receive your request and process it. |
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| > **_NOTE:_** we need to process the requests manually so it may take sometime, for example, up to a week, for us to respond to your request. |
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| # About |
| Apache HBase is made available under the [Apache License, version 2.0](https://hbase.apache.org/license.html) |
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| The HBase distribution includes cryptographic software. See the export control notice [here](https://hbase.apache.org/export_control.html). |
