Attention: this page is for Tahoe-LAFS developers. If you are not a Tahoe-LAFS developer, then the page you want is quickstart.rst.

see also wiki:Installation, wiki:OSPackages, wiki:Manual, wiki:Packaging, wiki:NewbieDeveloperSetup, and wiki:CompileError

RE: pipermail/tahoe-dev/2012-March/007149.html, work in progress...

Users' Manual	Developers' Manual
Overview What is Tahoe-LAFS? Why use Tahoe-LAFS? System Requirments? Installation Configuration​ Usage Starting a Tahoe-LAFS node​ Web User Interface? Command Line Interface​ (S)FTP * Statistics​ Upload Helper​ Garbage Collection​ Under the Hood Architecture​ Capabilities	Community Who's who Mailing list/IRC channel Getting Started Setting up a local test grid Logging​ Coding standards Writing tests Submitting a patch Reviewing a patch Specifications Web API​ File Encoding​ Packaging The Future Ostrom NewAccountingDesign OneHundredYearCryptography NewCapDesign GSoCIdeas

Useful pages which should be in the manual (but where?): FAQ, TipsTricks, Bibliography

Useful resources which don't necessarily belong in the manual: ​The story of a file, TestGrid, PresentationsPapers