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<a href="https://www.zeek.org">
<img src="https://www.zeek.org/images/bro-eyes.png" alt="The Zeek Logo" />
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The Zeek Network Security Monitor
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<h4 align="center">A <a href ="https://www.zeek.org/why_choose_zeek.pdf">powerful</a> framework for network analysis and security monitoring.</h4>
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<a href="#key-features">Key Features</a> -
<a href="https://docs.zeek.org/en/stable/index.html">Documentation</a> -
<a href="#getting-started">Getting Started</a> -
<a href="#development">Development</a> -
<a href="#license">License</a>
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## Key Features
* <b>Adaptable and Flexible</b>
Zeek's domain-specific scripting language enables site-specific monitoring policies and means that it is not restricted to any particular detection approach.
* <b>In-depth Analysis</b>
Zeek comes with analyzers for many protocols, enabling high-level semantic analysis at the application layer.
* <b>Efficient</b>
Zeek targets high-performance networks and is used operationally at a variety of large sites.
* <b>Highly Stateful</b>
Zeek keeps extensive application-layer state about the network it monitors and provides a high-level archive of a network's activity.
## Getting Started
The best place to find information about getting started with Zeek is our [website](https://www.zeek.org/documentation/index.html). You can find downloads for stable relases, tutorials on getting Zeek set up, and many other useful resources there. You can also find release notes for the current version and a complete history of changes in [NEWS](https://github.com/zeek/zeek/blob/master/NEWS), and [CHANGES](https://github.com/zeek/zeek/blob/master/CHANGES) respectvely.
To work on the development branch of Zeek, clone the master git repository.
`git clone --recursive https://github.com/zeek/zeek `
Then, with its [dependencies](https://docs.zeek.org/en/stable/install/install.html#prerequisites) installed, build and install.
`./configure && make && sudo make install`
## Development
Zeek is developed on GitHub and we welcome contributions. Working on an open-source project like Zeek can be an incredibly rewarding experience. We actively collect feature requests and issues on GitHub [here](https://github.com/zeek/zeek/issues). If you're looking for a good first issue you might find [these](https://github.com/zeek/zeek/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22Difficulty%3A+Easy%22) useful.
More information on Zeek's development can be found [here](https://www.zeek.org/development/index.html), and information about its community and mailing lists (which are fairly active) can be found [here](https://www.zeek.org/community/index.html).
## License
Zeek comes with a BSD license, allowing for free use with virtually no restrictions. You can read it [here](https://github.com/zeek/zeek/blob/master/COPYING).