# Confluent ![Python 3](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3-blue.svg) [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache%202.0-blue.svg)](https://github.com/xcat2/confluent/blob/master/LICENSE) Confluent is a software package to handle essential bootstrap and operation of scale-out server configurations. It supports stateful and stateless deployments for various operating systems. Check [this page](https://hpc.lenovo.com/users/documentation/whatisconfluent.html ) for a more detailed list of features. Confluent is the modern successor of [xCAT](https://github.com/xcat2/xcat-core). If you're coming from xCAT, check out [this comparison](https://hpc.lenovo.com/users/documentation/confluentvxcat.html). # Documentation Confluent documentation is hosted on hpc.lenovo.com: https://hpc.lenovo.com/users/documentation/ # Download Get the latest version from: https://hpc.lenovo.com/users/downloads/ Check release notes on: https://hpc.lenovo.com/users/news/ # Open Source License Confluent is made available under the Apache 2.0 license: https://opensource.org/license/apache-2-0 # Developers Want to help? Submit a [Pull Request](https://github.com/xcat2/confluent/pulls).