Storm is a distributed realtime computation system. Similar to how Hadoop provides a set of general primitives for doing batch processing, Storm provides a set of general primitives for doing realtime computation. Storm is simple, can be used with any programming language, [is used by many companies](https://github.com/nathanmarz/storm/wiki/Powered-By), and is a lot of fun to use!

The [Rationale page](https://github.com/nathanmarz/storm/wiki/Rationale) on the wiki explains what Storm is and why it was built. [This presentation](http://vimeo.com/40972420) is also a good introduction to the project.

Storm has a website at [storm-project.net](http://storm-project.net). Follow [@stormprocessor](https://twitter.com/stormprocessor) on Twitter for updates on the project.

## Documentation

Documentation and tutorials can be found on the [Storm wiki](http://github.com/nathanmarz/storm/wiki).

## Getting help

__NOTE:__ The google groups account storm-user@googlegroups.com is now officially deprecated in favor of the Apache-hosted user/dev mailing lists.

### Storm Users
Storm users should send messages and subscribe to [user@storm.incubator.apache.org](mailto:user@storm.incubator.apache.org).

You can subscribe to this list by sending an email to [user-subscribe@storm.incubator.apache.org](mailto:user-subscribe@storm.incubator.apache.org). Likewise, you can cancel a subscription by sending an email to [user-unsubscribe@storm.incubator.apache.org](mailto:user-unsubscribe@storm.incubator.apache.org).

You can view the archives of the mailing list [here](http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-storm-user/).

### Storm Developers
Storm developers should send messages and subscribe to [dev@storm.incubator.apache.org](mailto:dev@storm.incubator.apache.org).

You can subscribe to this list by sending an email to [dev-subscribe@storm.incubator.apache.org](mailto:dev-subscribe@storm.incubator.apache.org). Likewise, you can cancel a subscription by sending an email to [dev-unsubscribe@storm.incubator.apache.org](mailto:dev-unsubscribe@storm.incubator.apache.org).

You can view the archives of the mailing list [here](http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-storm-dev/).

### Which list should I send/subscribe to?
If you are using a pre-built binary distribution of Storm, then chances are you should send questions, comments, storm-related announcements, etc. to [user@storm.apache.incubator.org](user@storm.apache.incubator.org). 

If you are building storm from source, developing new features, or otherwise hacking storm source code, then [dev@storm.incubator.apache.org](dev@storm.incubator.apache.org) is more appropriate. 

### What will happen with storm-user@googlegroups.com?
All existing messages will remain archived there, and can be accessed/searched [here](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/storm-user).

New messages sent to storm-user@googlegroups.com will either be rejected/bounced or replied to with a message to direct the email to the appropriate Apache-hosted group.

### IRC
You can also come to the #storm-user room on [freenode](http://freenode.net/). You can usually find a Storm developer there to help you out.

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## Project lead

* Nathan Marz ([@nathanmarz](http://twitter.com/nathanmarz))

## Committers

* James Xu ([@xumingming](https://github.com/xumingming))
* Jason Jackson ([@jason_j](http://twitter.com/jason_j))
* Andy Feng ([@anfeng](https://github.com/anfeng))
* Flip Kromer ([@mrflip](https://github.com/mrflip))
* David Lao ([@davidlao2k](https://github.com/davidlao2k))
* P. Taylor Goetz ([@ptgoetz](https://github.com/ptgoetz))

## Contributors

* Christopher Bertels ([@bakkdoor](http://twitter.com/bakkdoor))
* Michael Montano ([@michaelmontano](http://twitter.com/michaelmontano))
* Dennis Zhuang ([@killme2008](https://github.com/killme2008))
* Trevor Smith ([@trevorsummerssmith](https://github.com/trevorsummerssmith))
* Ben Hughes ([@schleyfox](https://github.com/schleyfox))
* Alexey Kachayev ([@kachayev](https://github.com/kachayev))
* Haitao Yao ([@haitaoyao](https://github.com/haitaoyao))
* Dan Dillinger ([@ddillinger](https://github.com/ddillinger))
* Kang Xiao ([@xiaokang](https://github.com/xiaokang))
* Gabriel Grant ([@gabrielgrant](https://github.com/gabrielgrant))
* Travis Wellman ([@travisfw](https://github.com/travisfw))
* Kasper Madsen ([@KasperMadsen](https://github.com/KasperMadsen))
* Michael Cetrulo ([@git2samus](https://github.com/git2samus))
* Thomas Jack ([@tomo](https://github.com/tomo))
* Nicolas Yzet ([@nicoo](https://github.com/nicoo))
* Fabian Neumann ([@hellp](https://github.com/hellp))
* Soren Macbeth ([@sorenmacbeth](https://github.com/sorenmacbeth))
* Ashley Brown ([@ashleywbrown](https://github.com/ashleywbrown))
* Guanpeng Xu ([@herberteuler](https://github.com/herberteuler))
* Vinod Chandru ([@vinodc](https://github.com/vinodc))
* Martin Kleppmann ([@ept](https://github.com/ept))
* Evan Chan ([@velvia](https://github.com/velvia))
* Sjoerd Mulder ([@sjoerdmulder](https://github.com/sjoerdmulder))
* Yuta Okamoto ([@okapies](https://github.com/okapies))
* Barry Hart ([@barrywhart](https://github.com/barrywhart))
* Sergey Lukjanov ([@Frostman](https://github.com/Frostman))
* Ross Feinstein ([@rnfein](https://github.com/rnfein))
* Junichiro Takagi ([@tjun](https://github.com/tjun))
* Bryan Peterson ([@Lazyshot](https://github.com/Lazyshot))
* Sam Ritchie ([@sritchie](https://github.com/sritchie))
* Stuart Anderson ([@emblem](https://github.com/emblem))
* Robert Evans ([@revans2](https://github.com/revans2)) 
* Lorcan Coyle ([@lorcan](https://github.com/lorcan))
* Derek Dagit ([@d2r](https://github.com/d2r))
* Andrew Olson ([@noslowerdna](https://github.com/noslowerdna))
* Gavin Li ([@lyogavin](https://github.com/lyogavin))
* Tudor Scurtu ([@tscurtu](https://github.com/tscurtu))
* Homer Strong ([@strongh](https://github.com/strongh))
* Sean Melody ([@srmelody](https://github.com/srmelody))
* Jake Donham ([@jaked](https://github.com/jaked))
* Ankit Toshniwal ([@ankitoshniwal](https://github.com/ankitoshniwal))

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