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        <h1>ARVADOS</h1>
        <p>A free and open source platform for big data science</p>
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      <p><strong>What is Arvados</strong>
      <p><a href="https://arvados.org/">Arvados</a> enables you to quickly begin using cloud computing resources in your data science work. It allows you to track your methods and datasets, share them securely, and easily re-run analyses.
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      <p><strong>Communications</strong>
      <p>Read our <a href="https://dev.arvados.org/projects/arvados/blogs">blog updates</a> or look through our <a href="https://dev.arvados.org/projects/arvados/activity">recent developer activity</a>.
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      <p>Questions? Email <a href="http://lists.arvados.org/mailman/listinfo/arvados">the mailing list</a>, or chat with us on IRC: <a href="irc://irc.oftc.net:6667/#arvados">#arvados</a> @ OFTC (you can <a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=arvados">join in your browser</a>).
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      <p><strong>Want to contribute?</strong></p>
      <p>Check out our <a href="https://dev.arvados.org/projects/arvados">developer site</a>. We're open source, check out our code on <a href="https://github.com/curoverse/arvados">github</a>.
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      <p><strong>License</strong></p>
      <p>Arvados is under the copyleft <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/user/copying/agpl-3.0.html">GNU AGPL v3</a>, with our SDKs under <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/user/copying/LICENSE-2.0.html">Apache License 2.0</a> (so that you can incorporate proprietary toolchains into your pipelines).
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      <p><strong>Quickstart</strong> 
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        Try any pipeline from the <a href="https://cloud.curoverse.com/projects/public">list of public pipelines</a>. For instance, the <a href="http://curover.se/pathomap">Pathomap Pipeline</a> links to these <a href="https://dev.arvados.org/projects/arvados/wiki/pathomap_tutorial/">step-by-step instructions</a> for trying Arvados out right in your browser using Curoverse's <a href="http://lp.curoverse.com/beta-signup/">public Arvados instance</a>.
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        Pipeline Developer Quickstart
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      Want to port your pipeline to Arvados? Check out the step-by-step <a href="https://dev.arvados.org/projects/arvados/wiki/Port_a_Pipeline">Port-a-Pipeline</a> guide on the Arvados wiki.
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        <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/user/index.html">User Guide</a> &mdash; How to manage data and do analysis with Arvados.
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        <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/sdk/index.html">SDK Reference</a> &mdash; Details about the accessing Arvados from various programming languages.
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        <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/install/index.html">Install Guide</a> &mdash; How to install Arvados on a cloud platform.
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