`develop` tag points to the [develop](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/tree/develop) branch.
## Quick reference
- **Where to get help:**
https://cosmos.network/community
- **Where to file issues:**
https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues
- **Supported Docker versions:**
[the latest release](https://github.com/moby/moby/releases) (down to 1.6 on a best-effort basis)
## Tendermint
Tendermint Core is Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) middleware that takes a state transition machine, written in any programming language, and securely replicates it on many machines.
For more background, see the [introduction](https://tendermint.readthedocs.io/en/master/introduction.html).
To get started developing applications, see the [application developers guide](https://tendermint.readthedocs.io/en/master/getting-started.html).
## How to use this image
### Start one instance of the Tendermint core with the `kvstore` app
A quick example of a built-in app and Tendermint core in one container.
```
docker run -it --rm -v "/tmp:/tendermint" tendermint/tendermint init
docker run -it --rm -v "/tmp:/tendermint" tendermint/tendermint node --proxy_app=kvstore
```
## Local cluster
To run a 4-node network, see the `Makefile` in the root of [the repo](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/master/Makefile) and run:
```
make build-linux
make build-docker-localnode
make localnet-start
```
Note that this will build and use a different image than the ones provided here.
## License
- Tendermint's license is [Apache 2.0](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/master/LICENSE).
## Contributing
Contributions are most welcome! See the [contributing file](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) for more information.