= Documentation for Tahoe Users =

Note: these links are to the 'trunk' (latest) versions of the documentation. See the 'docs' directory of a Tahoe release for docs relating to that version.

== The Basics ==
 * [http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/about.html about]: the Tahoe filesystem and the unique properties that it offers
 * [http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe-lafs/trunk/docs/quickstart.html quickstart]: how to get the software and set it up
 * [http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/running.html running]: how to run it once it is set up
 * [http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/using.html using]: how to use it once it is running

 * [source:docs/known_issues.txt Known Issues]: things you need to be aware of if you want to rely on Tahoe to store your valuable data.
 * [wiki:HowToReportABug How To Report A Bug]: We love bug reports! Here's how.

 * [http://bigasterisk.com/tahoe-playground The story of a file], interactive illustration by Drew Perttula.

 * [wiki:FAQ Frequently Asked Questions]: with answers!

 * [wiki:UseCases UseCases]: the ways in which Tahoe should be useful
 * [wiki:AdvancedInstall AdvancedInstall]: more information about building and installing Tahoe
 * [wiki:TipsTricks Tips & Tricks]

== A Glance Under The Hood or "Gee What Does This Button Do?"  ==
 * [http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/configuration.txt configuration]: a description of the contents of your ".tahoe" directory
 * [http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/architecture.txt architecture]: a succinct overview of the whole system 
 * [http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/frontends/CLI.txt Command Line Interface]: the basic "how to" for the CLI
 * [http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/frontends/webapi.txt Web API]: the basic "how to" for the WAPI

== Presentations / Papers ==
 * [http://tahoe-lafs.org/~zooko/lafs.pdf Tahoe – The Least-Authority Filesystem] presented at [http://storagess.org/2008 Storage Security and Survivability '08]
 * [http://tahoe-lafs.org/~warner/pycon-tahoe.html Tahoe: A Secure Distributed Filesystem] presented at
   [http://us.pycon.org/2008/about/ PyCon2008],
   providing an overview of the Tahoe design, and the
   [http://tahoe-lafs.org/~warner/pycon-tahoe-slides.zip slides] (.zip) that
   were used for the presentation
 * [http://www.cs.utk.edu/~plank/plank/papers/FAST-2009.html  A Performance Evaluation and Examination of Open-Source Erasure Coding Libraries For Storage] to be presented at [http://www.usenix.org/events/fast09  FAST-2009: 7th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies]

== See Also ==
 * [wiki:News The News page] for sources of news and information.
 * [wiki:Bibliography The Bibliography page] contains links to scientific papers of interest.
 * [wiki:RelatedProjects The RelatedProjects page] extensions to Tahoe-LAFS, integrations of Tahoe-LAFS into your favorite other tools, and links to a few other decentralized storage projects that you might be interested in.
 * [wiki:Dev The Dev page] for Tahoe hackers.

== The Parade of Release Notes ==
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      <tr><th>release notes</th><th>date</th><th>what's new</th></tr>
      <tr><td><a href="http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=b7c02488c860da38">v1.6.1</a></td><td>February 27, 2010</td><td>fixes a few small regressions in v1.6.0</td></tr>
      <tr><td><a href="http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=80816fd72227563f">v1.6</a></td><td>February 1, 2010</td><td>performance improvements, usability improvements, deep-immutable directories</td></tr>
      <tr><td><a href="http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=263713ee659cbd32">v1.5</a></td><td>August 1, 2009</td><td>WUI style, forward-compatibility, no size-limit on directories, more efficient directories, safer mv</td></tr>
      <tr><td><a href="http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=8c687c78dac5b56a">v1.4.1</a></td><td>April 13, 2009</td><td>garbage collection, improved diagnostics, performance improvement when downloading many GB files</td></tr>
      <tr><td><a href="http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=967d1b414d860b65">v1.3</a></td><td>February 13, 2009</td><td>repairer, backup command, large files, (S)FTP server, more</td></tr>
      <tr><td><a href="http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=1d68f87dcc513ec7">v1.2</a></td><td>July 21, 2008</td><td>fix a minor security flaw, add operational improvements</td></tr>
      <tr><td><a href="http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=4c71ffb3b50dd447">v1.1</a></td><td>June 11, 2008</td><td>fix rare but serious issues, improve UI</td></tr>
      <tr><td><a href="http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=ef151670dd0e24da">v1.0</a></td><td>March 25, 2008</td><td>It's version 1.0!</td></tr>
      <tr><td><a href="http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=229142e0fae43c02">v0.9</a></td><td>March 13, 2008</td><td>Tahoe is now ready to be relied on for secure storage</td></tr>
      <tr><td><a href="http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=098b593a219b831a">v0.8</a></td><td>February 15, 2008</td><td>"visibility" into the system and more user interfaces</td></tr>
      <tr><td><a href="http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=9033d887a31b2f11">v0.7</a></td><td>January 8, 2008</td><td>decentralized directories and mutable files, a FUSE interface, and new open source licensing options</td></tr>
      <tr><td><a href="http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=1c1d96bc0c8975cc">v0.6.1</a></td><td>October 15, 2007</td><td>packaging, usability, and performance improvements</td></tr>
      <tr><td><a href="http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=db09057d01e834dc">v0.6</a></td><td>September 24, 2007</td><td>improved performance and packaging</td></tr>
      <tr><td><a href="http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=44db5fd8a2b5053b">v0.5.1</a></td><td>August 23, 2007</td><td>fix a security problem in the Web API</td></tr>
      <tr><td><a href="http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=3e1c417f81077c29">v0.5</a></td><td>August 17, 2007</td><td>the Web API and the command-line interface</td></tr>
      <tr><td><a href="http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=e72bff18fab72ff0">v0.4</a></td><td>June 29, 2007</td><td>new mutable, shareable, private directories</td></tr>
      <tr><td><a href="http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=c8077deae5d6b148">v0.3</a></td><td>June 6, 2007</td><td>improved basic functionality</td></tr>
      <tr><td><a href="http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=5610a1b2ced0fc98">v0.2</a></td><td>May 2, 2007</td><td>the first public release, on May 2, 2007 and giving a general overview of why the Tahoe project exists</td></tr>
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