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Cortex is an npm-like package manager for browsers.
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**Cortex** is a package manager for the web with a bunch of full-stack frontend solutions to make your websites better, including:
<a href="http://book.ctx.io" target="_blank"><img align="right" alt="" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cortexjs/cortex/master/screenshots/cover.png" /></a>
**TL;DR**
- Frontend package management with much better version control;
- Compatible backend solutions for JAVA and node.js (will open to public soon);
- Development environment for your entire workflow;
- [CI](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_integration) solutions to support multiple testing environment simultaneously;
- Global registry service;
- CDN solutions.
With [Cortex](https://github.com/cortexjs/cortex), we write web modules **exactly** the same as we do with [node.js](http://nodejs.org), with no [Module/Wrappings](http://wiki.commonjs.org/wiki/Modules/Wrappings), no [AMD](http://wiki.commonjs.org/wiki/Modules/AsynchronousDefinition), etc.
Cortex is designed and maintained for large websites and collaborative development and is also convenient for small projects.
We have a nice small book on gitbook.io: [The Handbook of Cortex](http://book.ctx.io)
## Installation
First, [node](http://nodejs.org) is required (>= 0.10.0), then run the following command in your command line:
```bash
$ npm install -g cortex
```
## Getting Started
Read this [Getting-Started Guide](http://ctx.io/get-started) to get a general view.
```bash
mkdir hello
cd hello
cortex init
cortex build
open index.html # Hello World! Everything you need is commented in the source code!
```
For more details about cortex, just visit our online gitbook: [The Handbook of Cortex](http://book.ctx.io/).
## Over 1 Years in Production
<img align="right" alt="" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cortexjs/cortex/master/screenshots/dianping.png" />
Cortex is not a project only with specifications, and not a project we are just watching.
Over 1 years in production, **ALL** mobile websites and hybrid applications of [dianping.com](http://m.dianping.com/) are using cortex.
## Related
- [cvm](https://github.com/cortexjs/cvm): Cortex Version Manager
- [cortex-test](https://github.com/cortexjs/cortex-test): Cortex Test Plugin
## License
The [MIT](https://github.com/cortexjs/cortex/blob/master/LICENSE-MIT) license.
## Naming
The modular world is much like the nerve system. JavaScript packages interact with others by passing runtime objects as well as **neuron** cells processes and transmits chemical signals to others.
So, **cortex** is a [neuron](https://github.com/kaelzhang/neuron) manager. That's it.
