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# Flynn is an open source Platform as a Service

- Website: [https://flynn.io](https://flynn.io)
- IRC channel: #flynn on Freenode
- Mailing list: [flynn-users](https://groups.google.com/d/forum/flynn-users)

Flynn is designed to run anything that can run on Linux, not just stateless web
apps. Flynn comes with highly available database appliances, including
PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB.

Eventually we want Flynn to be the only tool developers and ops teams need to
develop, deploy, and manage running software.

You can learn more about Flynn at [our website](https://flynn.io).

The Flynn website also has [documentation](https://flynn.io/docs).

### Status

Flynn is very actively developed by [Prime Directive, Inc.](https://flynn.io)
and the Flynn community.

Learn more about Flynn's [stability](https://flynn.io/docs/stability).

Learn more about Flynn's [security](https://flynn.io/docs/security).

We want to know if you run into any unexpected behavior. Please **report
issues** on [this repository](https://github.com/flynn/flynn/issues) after
searching to see if anyone has already reported the issue.

## Getting Started

### Run your own cluster

If you want to setup and run your own Flynn cluster (either locally, on
dedicated hardware or on a cloud provider) take a look at the [Installation
Guide](https://flynn.io/docs/installation).

### Deploying applications

Check out the [Flynn Basics](https://flynn.io/docs/basics) guide for
instructions on deploying and scaling applications.

## Contributing

We welcome and encourage community contributions to Flynn.

We have specific priorities for development. Pull requests that do not address
these priorities may not be accepted.

Please familiarize yourself with the [Contribution
Guide](https://flynn.io/docs/contributing) before contributing.

You can install Flynn development environment and tools by following the
[Development Guide](https://flynn.io/docs/development).

There are many ways to help Flynn besides contributing code:

- Find bugs and file issues.
- Improve the [documentation](https://flynn.io/docs) and website.

## Contact us

We want to hear about any trouble, success, delight, or pain you experience when
using Flynn. Let us know by [filing an
issue](https://github.com/flynn/flynn/issues), joining the [mailing
list](https://groups.google.com/d/forum/flynn-users), joining us in IRC (#flynn
on Freenode), or [emailing](mailto:contact@flynn.io) us.

Flynn® is a [trademark](https://flynn.io/docs/trademark-guidelines) of Prime
Directive, Inc.

## Licensing

Prime Directive Inc. is the copyright holder for Flynn, which is licensed under the BSD 3-Clause license. Please see [LICENSE](./LICENSE) for details.