# Pantheon Ethereum Client
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Pantheon is an Apache 2.0 licensed, MainNet compatible, Ethereum client written in Java.
## Pantheon Users
The process for installing and running Pantheon as a user is different to when developing. All user documentation is on our [Wiki] and some processes are different to those described in this Readme.
### Install and Run Pantheon
Installing and running Pantheon is described in the Wiki:
* [Installation]
* [Quickstart]
### Documentation
User and reference documentation available on the Wiki includes:
* [Command Line Options]
* [JSON-RPC API]
* [Docker Quickstart Tutorial]
* [Using Pantheon]
## Pantheon Developers
* [Contribution Guidelines ](CONTRIBUTING.md )
* [Coding Conventions ](CODING-CONVENTIONS.md )
* [Wiki] for running and using Pantheon
### Development
Instructions for how to get started with developing on the Pantheon codebase. Please also read the
[contribution guidelines ](CONTRIBUTING.md ) for more detail on how to submit a pull request (PR).
* [Checking out and building ](docs/development/building.md )
* [Running Pantheon via Gradle ](docs/development/running-with-gradle.md )
* [Code Coverage ](docs/development/code-coverage.md )
* [Logging ](docs/development/logging.md )
[Wiki]: https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/wiki
[Installation]: https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/wiki/Installation
[Quickstart]: https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/wiki/Quickstart
[Docker Quickstart Tutorial]: https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/wiki/Docker-Quickstart
[Command Line Options]: https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/wiki/Pantheon-CLI-Syntax
[JSON-RPC API]: https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/wiki/JSON-RPC-API
[Using Pantheon]: https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/wiki/Transactions
## Release Notes
[Release Notes ](CHANGELOG.md )
