Documentation

The Basics

• ​about.html: the shape of a Tahoe filesystem and the security properties that it offers
• ​install.html: how to install it (from source code)
• ​running.html: how to run it once it is installed
• ​using.html: how to use it once it is running

• known_issues.txt: things you need to be aware of if you want to rely on Tahoe to store your valuable data.

Presentations / Papers

• the ​paper accepted to ​Storage Security and Survivability '08
• the ​paper presented at ​PyCon2008, providing an overview of the Tahoe design, and the ​slides (.zip) that were used for the presentation

Developer Docs

These docs are stored in the source tree, under revision control. You can browse them through the web site:

• the docs/ directory

Developer Wiki Pages

• UseCases: the ways in which Tahoe should be useful

Obsolete Docs

These docs are here in case someone wants to copy out the parts that are still relevant before deleting them.

• ​install-details.html: a big, unformatted, ill-maintained collection of notes about install issues on various platforms; Hopefully this doc isn't needed for you because the short and sweet "install.html" Just Works. If you love a certain platform and you write a nice install document describing how you build Tahoe on that platform then we will be grateful and you will earn a place in the CREDITS file.

See Also

• The News page for sources of news and information.
• The Bibliography page contains links to scientific papers of interest.
• The RelatedProjects page contains links to a few other decentralized storage projects that you might be interested in.
• The Dev page for Tahoe hackers.

The Parade of Release Notes

release notes	date	what's new
v1.2	July 21, 2008	fix a minor security flaw, add operational improvements
v1.1	June 11, 2008	fix rare but serious issues, improve UI
v1.0	March 25, 2008	It's version 1.0!
v0.9	March 13, 2008	Tahoe is now ready to be relied on for secure storage
v0.8	February 15, 2008	"visibility" into the system and more user interfaces
v0.7	January 8, 2008	decentralized directories and mutable files, a FUSE interface, and new open source licensing options
v0.6.1	October 15, 2007	packaging, usability, and performance improvements
v0.6	September 24, 2007	improved performance and packaging
v0.5.1	August 23, 2007	fix a security problem in the Web API
v0.5	August 17, 2007	the Web API and the command-line interface
v0.4	June 29, 2007	new mutable, shareable, private directories
v0.3	June 6, 2007	improved basic functionality
v0.2	May 2, 20087	the first public release, on May 2, 2007 and giving a general overview of why the Tahoe project exists