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      <p class="lead"><a href="">Apache Pulsar</a> is an open-source distributed pub-sub messaging system originally<br />
          created at <a href="https://developer.yahoo.com/open-source/">Yahoo</a> and now part of the <a href="https://apache.org">Apache Software Foundation</a>.</p>

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        <a class="btn btn-pulsar btn-lg" href="/docs/latest/getting-started/LocalCluster/" role="button">Read the docs</a>
        <a class="btn btn-github btn-lg" href="https://github.com/apache/incubator-pulsar" role="button">GitHub <i class="fa fa-github fa-lg"></i></a>
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        <a href="https://incubator.apache.org/"><img src="img/apache_incubator.png" title="Apache Incubator" /></a>
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        Apache Pulsar is an effort undergoing incubation at <a href="http://www.apache.org">The Apache Software Foundation (ASF)</a> sponsored by the Apache Incubator PMC. Incubation is required of all newly accepted projects until a further review indicates that the infrastructure, communications, and decision making process have stabilized in a manner consistent with other successful ASF projects. While incubation status is not necessarily a reflection of the completeness or stability of the code, it does indicate that the project has yet to be fully endorsed by the ASF.
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        Apache Pulsar (incubating) is available under the <a href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0">Apache License, version 2.0</a>.
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