README file for CiviCRM
CiviCRM is a constituent relationship management system designed to
meet the needs of advocacy, non-profit and non-governmental groups.
It is an open source project, licensed under GNU AGPL 3, and
coordinated by CiviCRM LLC. The project website is http://civicrm.org/
CiviCRM is released as a module that runs within the Drupal, Joomla,
and WordPress content management systems.
The download URLs and installation instructions are available on our
website:
http://civicrm.org/go/download
Documentation, as well as the project bug tracker and mailing lists,
can be found at http://civicrm.org/ Just click on the appropriate link.
Our main documentation site is the wiki at http://wiki.civicrm.org/
All support is on the CiviCRM forums:
http://forum.civicrm.org/
Developers are highly encouraged to join the CiviCRM forums and post
questions and ideas on the Developer Discussion board:
http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php/board,20.0.html
Installing the latest developmental code requires some special steps. Full
instructions are on the wiki:
http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Github+for+CiviCRM