xTuple
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-xTuple Enterprise Resource Planning Mobile-Web client
-
[](https://travis-ci.org/xtuple/xtuple)
### What we're about
xTuple is open-source business management software. The code is managed by an eponymous
-company in Norfolk, VA, but our community stretches around the world. Our next-generation
-software is an HTML5 node.js [app](https://github.com/xtuple/xtuple/wiki/Overview).
+company in Norfolk, VA, and our community stretches around the world. Our web application
+is implemented as an [HTML5 node.js app](https://github.com/xtuple/xtuple/wiki/Overview).
+The other client to our server is a [desktop app](https://github.com/xtuple/qt-client) written
+in the cross-platform Qt framework.
Most of our commercial customers are inventory-based manufacturers or distributors, and we have a
fair amount of commercially-licensed code to specifically support these use-cases. That said,
-businesses of all sorts, even services-based companies, run their operations with the open-source
-core alone.
+businesses of all sorts, even services-based companies, run their operations on our open-source
+core.
-We're always happy for people to use xTuple as a launching point for their own projects,
+We're always happy when people use xTuple as a launching point for their own projects,
whether or not you have a commercial relationship with us.
### Why you might be interested in hacking on our software
The xTuple platform provides a great starting point for business software in practically
-any industry. What you get for free is an entire stack to work on top of. A lot
+any industry. What you get for free is an entire stack to work on top of, and a lot
of business objects that you might want, like `Invoices`, `Currencies`, `Tasks` and
`Contacts` (and about a hundred more) are already implemented.
### Getting involved
-Fork us, take a test drive with our free trial, send us an email at dev at xtuple dot com,
-file a github issue. If you want to be a contributor and are looking for a place to
-make your mark, we're keeping a list of issues that are fair game to pick off and provide
+Fork us, take a test drive with our [free trial](http://www.xtuple.com/free-trial),
+file a github issue.
+If you want to be a contributor and are looking for a place to
+make your mark, we're keeping a list of issues that are
+[fair game](https://github.com/xtuple/xtuple/labels/fair%20game)
+to pick off and provide
a convenient, well-documented starting point into our project.
+In the month of August, we will be running haxTuple 2014. As in previous incarnations,
+we will open up our bug-shooting derby for the Qt client to our community, with prizes
+for the most effective bugsquashers! In this year's event, we will also introduce our
+new technologies by opening up our webapp for haxxing. Those who write the best
+JavaScript extensions or REST clients will get prizes. More details
+[here](https://github.com/xtuple/xtuple/wiki/haxTuple-2014).
+
+Also, don't miss the xTuple event of the year!
+[xTupleCon 2014](http://www.xtuple.com/xtuple-conference-2014)
+is going to be held October 13-18 in Norfolk, VA. With six days of events and a kickoff
+speech by Steve Wozniak, it promises to the be the biggest xTupleCon yet.
+
### Installing this project
The best way to start coding on our stack is to use our
-[Vagrant setup](https://github.com/xtuple/xtuple-vagrant/blob/master/README.md).
+[Vagrant setup](https://github.com/xtuple/xtuple/wiki/Become-an-xTuple-Developer!).
### Release Notes
-View the [Release Notes](RELEASE.md) to see a change log.
+View the [Release Notes](https://github.com/xtuple/xtuple-documentation/tree/master/release-notes)
+to see a change log.
### Additional Resources
-
- * [Setting up a non-development demo environment](https://github.com/xtuple/xtuple/wiki/How-to-set-up-xTuple)
* [Building an Extension Tutorial](https://github.com/xtuple/xtuple-extensions/blob/master/docs/TUTORIAL.md)
- * [API documentation](http://xtuple.com/jsdoc)
* [Developer Wiki](https://github.com/xtuple/xtuple/wiki)
+ * xTuple U [Tutorial Videos](https://github.com/xtuple/xtuple/wiki/Tutorial-Videos)
+ * [API documentation](http://xtuple.github.io/api/current)
+ * [Setting up a non-development demo environment](https://github.com/xtuple/xtuple/wiki/How-to-set-up-xTuple)
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