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# Welcome to Allmydata "Tahoe"
The [Allmydata](http://allmydata.com) "Tahoe" project is a distributed,
fault-tolerant storage mesh, available under a free-software license.
fault-tolerant storage grid, available under a free-software license.
You can store files of any length in the mesh and retrieve them with a
You can store files of any length in the grid and retrieve them with a
cryptographically generated URI that securely identifies and decrypts that
file. You can also organize files with filenames and directories, in the
familiar style. The basic idea is that the data in this storage mesh is
familiar style. The basic idea is that the data in this storage grid is
spread over all participating nodes, using an algorithm that can recover
the data even if a majority of the nodes are no longer available.
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* [the release notes](http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt), announcing the first public release on April 30, 2007 and giving a general overview of why the Tahoe project exists
* [the README file](http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/README), telling how to acquire and install the code, how to run a node than can upload and download files, how to connect to the public test mesh operated by [Allmydata, Inc.](http://allmydata.com), and how to set up your own private mesh.
* [the README file](http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/README), telling how to acquire and install the code, how to run a node than can upload and download files, how to connect to the public test grid operated by [Allmydata, Inc.](http://allmydata.com), and how to set up your own private grid.
* [architecture.txt](http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/docs/architecture.txt), explaining the design decisions that have given the mesh its current shape
* [architecture.txt](http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/docs/architecture.txt), explaining the design decisions that have given the grid its current shape
* [roadmap.txt](http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/roadmap.txt), showing how the functionality has been incrementally improved so far, and what improvements we plan to make next