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[Arvados](https://arvados.org) is a free software distributed computing platform
for bioinformatics, data science, and high throughput analysis of massive data
sets. Arvados supports a variety of cloud, cluster and HPC environments.
## Quick start
-Curoverse maintains an Arvados public cloud demo at
-[https://cloud.curoverse.com](https://cloud.curoverse.com). A Google account
-is required to log in.
+Veritas Genetics maintains a public installation of Arvados for evaluation and trial use, the [Arvados Playground](https://playground.arvados.org). A Google account is required to log in.
To try out Arvados on your local workstation, you can use Arvbox, which
provides Arvados components pre-installed in a Docker container (requires
## Community
-The [#arvados](irc://irc.oftc.net:6667/#arvados IRC) (Internet Relay Chat)
-channel at the
-[Open and Free Technology Community (irc.oftc.net)](http://www.oftc.net/oftc/)
-is available for live discussion and support. You can use a traditional IRC
-client or [join OFTC over the web.](https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=arvados)
+[](https://gitter.im/curoverse/arvados?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
+
+The [curoverse/arvados channel](https://gitter.im/curoverse/arvados)
+channel at [gitter.im](https://gitter.im) is available for live
+discussion and support.
The
[Arvados user mailing list](http://lists.arvados.org/mailman/listinfo/arvados)
development. The
[Arvados developer mailing list](http://lists.arvados.org/mailman/listinfo/arvados-dev)
is a forum for more technical discussion, intended for developers and
-contributers to Arvados.
+contributors to Arvados.
## Development
[](https://ci.curoverse.com/job/run-tests/)
+[](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/curoverse/arvados)
The Arvados public bug tracker is located at https://dev.arvados.org/projects/arvados/issues
components can be found on the
["Hacking Arvados" page of the Arvados wiki](https://dev.arvados.org/projects/arvados/wiki/Hacking).
+## Contributing
+
+When making a pull request, please ensure *every git commit message* includes a one-line [Developer Certificate of Origin](https://dev.arvados.org/projects/arvados/wiki/Developer_Certificate_Of_Origin). If you have already made commits without it, fix them with `git commit --amend` or `git rebase`.
+
## Licensing
Arvados is Free Software. See COPYING for information about Arvados Free