Diaspora*

Diaspora is a privacy-aware, personally-controlled, do-it-all open source social network. Check out our [project site](http://diasporaproject.org).

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Diaspora is currently going through a huge refactoring push, the code is changing fast!
If you want to do something big, reach out on IRC or the mailing list first, so you can contribute effectively <3333
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With Diaspora you can:

- Make cool stuff
- Share it across the web
- Own your own data


## Quick Start:

Here's how you can get a **[development](http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html)** environment up and running.  This is where any new pod runner should start, as well as people
looking to contribute to D*.  This script assumes you have [a basic Rails setup installed](http://railsapps.github.com/installing-rails-3-1.html).

### Step 1: Run the script and follow the on screen instructions.
```
  bash <(curl https://raw.github.com/diaspora/diaspora/master/script/install.sh)
```


### Step 2: Run the the development server
```
  rails s
```

then visit 'http://localhost:3000' in your browser.

### Step 3 (for developers): Run tests
```
  rake
```

### Want a production setup? Having trouble with install script? Want to install D* the slow way?
  Look to more specific install guides [here](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki/Installation-Guides).

## Contributing
We love community contributions, and we work extra hard to make sure every code contribution is looked at and given feedback. 
To help everyone involved, please review our [Pull Request Guidelines](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki/Pull-Request-Guidelines)
to make sure all contributions are submitted smoothly.

Documentation is available on our [wiki](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki)

Before submitting code, please sign our [Contributor License Agreement](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki/New-CLA--12-13-10) [Sign Here](https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/joindiaspora.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFdRTnY0TGtfaklKQXZNUndsMlJ2eGc6MQ)

## More Resources:

- [Wiki](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki)
- [Podmin Resources](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki/Podmin-Resources)
- [Contributing](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki/Getting-Started-With-Contributing)
- [Dev List](https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/diaspora-dev)
- [Discuss List](https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/diaspora-discuss)
- [IRC](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki/How-we-use-IRC)