Software:Dat

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Short description: Data distribution tool


Dat
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A command-line session showing repository creation, addition of a file, and decentralized synchronization
Original author(s)Max Ogden[1]
Developer(s)Dat Team[2] and others[3]
Initial release4 June 2013; 10 years ago (2013-06-04)
Repositorygithub.com/datproject/dat
Written inJavaScript
Operating systemLinux, macOS, Windows
Available inEnglish
TypeDistributed data store
LicenseBSD-3-Clause[4]
Websitedat-ecosystem.org

Dat (/dæt/[5]) is a data distribution tool with a version control feature for tracking changes and publishing data sets. It is primarily used for data-driven science, but it can be used to keep track of changes in any data set. As a distributed revision control system it is aimed at speed, simplicity, security, and support for distributed, non-linear workflows.[6]

Dat was created by Max Ogden in 2013 to standardize the way data analysts collaborate on the changes they make to data sets.[7] It is developed through funding support from Code for Science,[8] the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation[9] and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.[10][2]

Dat is free software distributed under the terms of the BSD-3-Clause license.

One of the main implementations is Beaker, a web browser that seamlessly handles dat:// URLs and allows building and seeding Dat websites.[11] Homebase is a server-side permanent seeding tool for Dat.[12]

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