Storm is a distributed realtime computation system. Similar to how Hadoop provides a set of general primitives for doing batch processing, Storm provides a set of general primitives for doing realtime computation. Storm is simple, can be used with any programming language, and is a lot of fun to use!

The Rationale page on the wiki explains what Storm is and why it was built. The video and slides of Storm's launch presentation are also good introductions to the project.

Follow @stormprocessor on Twitter for updates on the project.

Documentation

Documentation and tutorials can be found on the Storm wiki.

Getting help

Feel free to ask questions on Storm's mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/storm-user

You can also come to the #storm-user room on freenode. You can usually find a Storm developer there to help you out.

License

The use and distribution terms for this software are covered by the Eclipse Public License 1.0 (http://opensource.org/licenses/eclipse-1.0.php) which can be found in the file LICENSE.html at the root of this distribution. By using this software in any fashion, you are agreeing to be bound by the terms of this license. You must not remove this notice, or any other, from this software.

Project lead

• Nathan Marz (@nathanmarz)

Core contributors

• James Xu (@xumingming)

Contributors

• Jason Jackson (@jason_j)
• Christopher Bertels (@bakkdoor)
• Michael Montano (@michaelmontano)
• Dennis Zhuang (@killme2008)
• Trevor Smith (@trevorsummerssmith)
• Ben Hughes (@schleyfox)
• Alexey Kachayev (@kachayev)
• Haitao Yao (@haitaoyao)
• Dan Dillinger (@ddillinger)
• Kang Xiao (@xiaokang)
• Gabriel Grant (@gabrielgrant)
• Travis Wellman (@travisfw)
• Kasper Madsen (@KasperMadsen)
• Michael Cetrulo (@git2samus)
• Thomas Jack (@tomo)
• Nicolas Yzet (@nicoo)
• Fabian Neumann (@hellp)
• Soren Macbeth (@sorenmacbeth)