# Tooz – Distributed System Helper Library

The Tooz project aims at centralizing the most common distributed primitives like group membership protocol, lock service and leader election by providing a coordination API helping developers to build distributed applications. [1]

## Contents

- Installation
  - Python Versions
  - Basic Installation
  - Download
  - Source Code
  - Reporting Bugs
- User Documentation
  - Using Tooz in Your Application
  - Drivers
  - Compatibility
- Module Reference
  - Interfaces
  - Exceptions

## Release Notes

Read also the tooz Release Notes.

## Indices and tables

- Index

- Module Index

- Search Page

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It should be noted that even though it is designed with OpenStack integration in mind, and that is where most of its current integration is it aims to be generally usable and useful in any project.

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