# OpenRefine

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OpenRefine is a power tool that allows you to load data, understand it,
clean it up, reconcile it, and augment it with data coming from
the web. All with the comfort and privacy of your own computer.

[<img src="https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/blob/master/graphics/icon/open-refine-256px.png" align="right">](http://openrefine.org)

Download
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* [OpenRefine 2.7](https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/releases/tag/2.7)

Documentation and Videos
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* [Documentation Wiki](https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/wiki/Documentation-For-Users)
* [FAQ](https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/wiki/FAQ)
* [Official Website and tutorial videos](http://openrefine.org)

Contributing to the project
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* [Donate $](https://www.bountysource.com/teams/openrefine/issues)
* [Developers Guide & Architecture](https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/wiki/Documentation-For-Developers)

Contact us
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* [Mailing List](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/openrefine)
* [Twitter](http://www.twitter.com/openrefine)

Licensing and legal issues
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OpenRefine is open source software and is licensed under the BSD license
located in the [LICENSE.txt](LICENSE.txt). See that file also for information on open source
libraries that OpenRefine depends on.

Credits
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This software was created by Metaweb Technologies, Inc. and originally written
and conceived by David Huynh <dfhuynh@google.com>. Metaweb Technologies, Inc.
was acquired by Google, Inc. in July 2010 and the product was renamed Google Refine.
In October 2012, it was renamed OpenRefine as it transitioned to a 
community-supported product.

This is the full list of contributors (in chronological order):

 - David Huynh <dfhuynh@google.com>
 - Stefano Mazzocchi <stefanom@google.com>
 - Vishal Talwar <vtalwar@google.com> 
 - Jeff Fry <jfry@google.com>
 - Will Moffat <wdm@google.com>
 - James Home <jameshome@google.com>
 - Iain Sproat <iainsproat@gmail.com>
 - Tom Morris <tfmorris@gmail.com>
 - Heather Campbell <campbellh@google.com>
 - Thad Guidry <thadguidry@gmail.com>
 - Paul Makepeace <paulm@paulm.com>
 - Tomaž Šolc <tomaz.solc@zemanta.com>
 - Gabriel Sjoberg <GabrielSjoberg@gmail.com>
 - Rod Salazar <rodrod.salazar@gmail.com>
 - pxb <pxb1988@gmail.com>
 - Qi <jackyq2015@gmail.com>
 - Antonin Delpeuch <antonin@delpeuch.eu>