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Meteor 2.x runs on a deprecated Node.js version (14). Meteor 3.0, currently in its Release Candidate version, runs on Node.js v20. For more information, please consult our migration guide.

What is Meteor?

Meteor is a full-stack JavaScript platform for developing modern web and mobile applications. Meteor includes a key set of technologies for building connected-client reactive applications, a build tool, and a curated set of packages from the Node.js and general JavaScript community.

• Meteor allows you to develop in one language, JavaScript, in all environments: application server, web browser, and mobile device.
• Meteor uses data on the wire, meaning the server sends data, not HTML, and the client renders it.
• Meteor embraces the ecosystem, bringing the best parts of the extremely active JavaScript community to you in a careful and considered way.
• Meteor provides full stack reactivity, allowing your UI to seamlessly reflect the true state of the world with minimal development effort.

Meteor resources

1. First, learn how to install meteor in the installation section.
2. The place to get started with Meteor is the tutorials page.
3. Meteor Examples is a list of examples using Meteor. You can also include your example with Meteor.
4. Once you are familiar with the basics, the Meteor Guide covers intermediate material on how to use Meteor in a larger scale app.
5. Visit the Meteor discussion forums to announce projects, get help, talk about the community, or discuss changes to core.
6. Meteor Slack Community is the best place to ask (and answer!) technical questions and also meet Meteor developers.
7. Atmosphere is the repository of community packages designed especially for Meteor.