README.md

   1 ![](i/logo_lg.png) Welcome to CiviCRM
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   4 About
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   7 CiviCRM is a constituent relationship management system designed to
   8 meet the needs of advocacy, non-profit and non-governmental groups.
   9 It is an open source project, licensed under GNU AGPL 3, and
  10 coordinated by CiviCRM LLC. The project website is https://civicrm.org/
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  12 CiviCRM is released as a module that runs within the Drupal, Joomla,
  13 and WordPress content management systems.
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  16 Installation
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  19 The download URLs and installation instructions are available on our website:
  20 https://civicrm.org/download
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  22 Installation instruction can be found on the wiki:
  23 http://wiki.civicrm.org/
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  26 Documentation
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  29 Documentation, as well as the project bug tracker and mailing lists,
  30 can be found at https://civicrm.org/ Just click on the appropriate link.
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  32 Our main documentation site is the CiviCRM wiki:
  33 http://wiki.civicrm.org/
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  36 Support
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  39 Answers for users, administrators & integrators:
  40 http://civicrm.stackexchange.com
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  42 Paid support available from
  43 https://civicrm.org/providers
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  46 Development
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  49 Developers are highly encouraged to join the CiviCRM forums and post
  50 questions and ideas on the Developer Discussion board:
  51 http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php/board,20.0.html
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  53 Installing the latest developmental code requires some special steps. Full
  54 instructions are on the wiki:
  55 http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Contributing+to+CiviCRM+using+GitHub
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  57 Report all issues to CiviCRM via JIRA:
  58 https://issues.civicrm.org