Apache HBase is an open-source, distributed, versioned, column-oriented store modeled after Google's Bigtable: A Distributed Storage System for Structured Data by Chang et al. Just as Bigtable leverages the distributed data storage provided by the Google File System, HBase provides Bigtable-like capabilities on top of Apache Hadoop.

Getting Started

To get started using HBase, visit the project home page. The HBase Reference Guide has a 'Quick Start' section and is where you should begin your exploration of the HBase project.

The latest HBase can be downloaded from the download page.

We use mailing lists to send notices and discuss. See the mailing lists and archives for more information.

We use the #hbase channel on the official ASF Slack Workspace for real time questions and discussions. Please mail dev@hbase.apache.org to request an invite.

How to Contribute

The source code can be found at https://hbase.apache.org/source-repository

The HBase issue tracker is at https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE

Notice that, the public registration for https://issues.apache.org/ has been disabled due to spam. If you want to contribute to HBase, please visit the Request a jira account page to submit your request. Please make sure to select hbase as the 'ASF project you want to file a ticket' so we can receive your request and process it.

NOTE: we need to process the requests manually so it may take sometime, for example, up to a week, for us to respond to your request.

About

Apache HBase is made available under the Apache License, Version 2.0.

The HBase distribution includes cryptographic software. See the export control notice for more information.