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< h1 class = 'bustTitleRegexp' > What is Camlistore?< / h1 >
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< p > Camlistore is:< / p >
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< li > a way to store, sync, share, model and back up content< / li >
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< li > a < a href = "/docs/status" > work in progress< / a > < / li >
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< li > Open Source (Apache licensed)< / li >
< li > an acronym for < i > "Content-Addressable Multi-Layer Indexed Storage"< / i > , hinting that Camlistore is about:
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< li > content-addressable storage< / li >
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< li > separate interoperable parts (< a href = "/docs/arch" > storage< / a > , < a href = "/docs/terms#graphsync" > sync< / a > , < a href = "/docs/sharing" > sharing< / a > ,
< a href = "/docs/schema" > modeling< / a > ), with well-defined protocols and roles< / li >
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< li > your "home directory for the web"< / li >
< li > pro-JSON (yet aggressively format agnostic)< / li >
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< li > pro-OpenPGP (for < a href = "/docs/json-signing" > signing claims< / a > )< / li >
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< li > pro-paranoia and privacy< / li >
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< li > < a href = "/docs/uses" > ambitious< / a > , but ...< / li >
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< li > simple!< / li >
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< li > programming language-agnostic (parts and different implementations in < a href = "http://golang.org/" > Go< / a > , Python, Java, Perl, Bash, ... the language doesn't matter.) What matters is well-defined, simple HTTP interfaces.< / li >
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< li > neither "Cloud" nor "Local". happily both.< / li >
< li > a "20% project" from a few Google employees, but not Google-centric nor endorsed by Google (other than them letting us open source our side project)< / li >
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< li > ready for developers (at least those without strong < a href = "http://bikeshed.org/" > color preferences< / a > )< / li >
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< p > but, is...< / p >
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< li style = "margin-top: 1em" > not yet ready for users< / li >
< li > not a typical peer-to-peer system or DHT< / li >
< li > not (yet?) a "MySQL alternative"< / li >
< li > not necessarily a product in itself (e.g., not Drupal)< / li >
< li > not necessarily a replacement for S3-like storage< / li >
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< h2 > Recent presentation< / h2 >
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< p > See < a href = "/talks/2011-05-07-Camlistore-Sao-Paolo/" > http://camlistore.org/talks/2011-05-07-Camlistore-Sao-Paolo/< / a > .< / p >
< p > There's also this < a href = "https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dgks53wm_2j86hwnhs" > older presentation< / a > .< / p >
