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The Apache Hive ™ data warehouse software facilitates reading, writing, and managing large datasets residing in distributed storage using SQL. Structure can be projected onto data already in storage. A command line tool and JDBC driver are provided to connect users to Hive.

Getting Started With Apache Hive Software

  • Check out the [Getting Started Guide][GETTING_STARTED].
  • Learn more [About Hive's Functionality][HIVE_DETAILS].
  • Read the [Getting Started Guide][GETTING_STARTED] to learn how to install Hive
  • The [User and Hive SQL documentation][HIVE_QL] shows how to program Hive

Getting Involved With The Apache Hive Community

Apache Hive is an open source project run by volunteers at the Apache Software Foundation. Previously it was a subproject of [Apache® Hadoop®][APACHE_HADOOP], but has now graduated to become a top-level project of its own. We encourage you to learn about the project and contribute your expertise.

  • Give us [feedback or submit bug reports][ISSUE_TRACKING]: What can we do better?
  • Join the [mailing list][MAILING_LISTS] and meet our [community][COMMUNITY]
  • Read through our [Contributor's Guides][CONTRIBUTOR] about where to find the source or submit patches
  • Become a [Hive Fan on Facebook][HIVE_FACEBOOK]
  • Follow [@ApacheHive on Twitter][HIVE_TWITTER]

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