Storj is a platform, token, and suite of decentralized applications that allows you to store data in a secure and decentralized manner. Your files are encrypted, shredded into little pieces called 'shards' and stored in a global decentralized network of computers. Only you have access and the ability to retrieve all shards from the network, decrypt them, and finally re-combine all file pieces into your original file.

See our documentation at Storj docs.

The community site hosts all information about building storj from source, how to contribute code and documentation, who to contact about what, etc.

go get -u golang.org/x/vgo

In order to develop on Storj, you will need to have the protobuf compiler installed on your system.

1. Grab the latest release for your system from here.

2. place the protoc binary in your path. i.e.

   mv $HOME/Downloads/protoc-<version>-<arch>/bin/protoc /usr/local/bin

Use vgo to install both dev and non-dev dependencies.

1. Install development dependencies

   make build-dev-deps
   

2. Install project dependencies

   # in project root
   vgo install

If you want to build Storj right away there are two options:

$ go get -d storj.io/storj
$ cd $GOPATH/src/storj.io/storj
$ make

$ git clone https://github.com/storj/storj
$ cd storj
$ make docker

For the full story, head over to the [developer's documentation].

If you need support, start with the [troubleshooting guide], and work your way through the process that we've outlined.

That said, if you have any questions or suggestions please reach out to us on rocketchat or twitter.