# Meteor

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Meteor is an ultra-simple environment for building modern web
applications.

With Meteor you write apps:

* in pure JavaScript
* that send data over the wire, rather than HTML
* using your choice of popular open-source libraries

Try the getting started [tutorial](https://www.meteor.com/try).

Next, read the [guide](http://guide.meteor.com) or the reference documentation at http://docs.meteor.com/.

## Quick Start

On Windows, simply go to https://www.meteor.com/install and use the Windows installer.

On Linux/macOS, use this line:

```bash
curl https://install.meteor.com/ | sh
```

Create a project:

```bash
meteor create try-meteor
```

Run it:

```bash
cd try-meteor
meteor
```

## Slow Start (for developers)

If you're interested in developing Meteor itself, or running unreleased,
bleeding-edge code, please refer to the details found in
[Development.md](Development.md).

To find more information about contributing to Meteor (whether fixing bugs or
adding features), please see [Contributing.md](Contributing.md).

## Uninstalling Meteor

Aside from a short launcher shell script, Meteor installs itself inside your
home directory. To uninstall Meteor, run:

```bash
rm -rf ~/.meteor/
sudo rm /usr/local/bin/meteor
```

On Windows, just run the uninstaller from your Control Panel.

## Developer Resources

Building an application with Meteor?

* Announcement list: sign up at http://www.meteor.com/
* Having problems? Ask for help at: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/meteor
* Discussion forums: https://forums.meteor.com/

Interested in contributing to Meteor?

* Issue tracker: https://github.com/meteor/meteor/issues
* Contribution guidelines: https://github.com/meteor/meteor/tree/devel/Contributing.md

We are hiring!  Visit https://www.meteor.com/jobs to
learn more about working full-time on the Meteor project.