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 ![Snakebite mini logo](https://github.com/spotify/snakebite/blob/master/doc/logo/logo-mini-typo.png)
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+**Note:** this project is inactive and has been archived. 
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 Snakebite is a python library that provides a pure python HDFS client
 and a wrapper around Hadoops minicluster. The client uses protobuf for
 communicating with the NameNode and comes in the form of a library and a