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CVMFS is a distributed read-only software distribution system, implemented as a POSIX filesystem in user space (FUSE) using HTTP transport. It was originally developed for the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) experiments at CERN to deliver software to virtual machines and to replace diverse shared software installation areas and package management systems at numerous computing sites.  Designed to deliver software in a fast, scalable and reliable fashion, its successful use has rapidly grown over recent years to include dozens of projects, ~10¹⁰ files and directories, ~10² compute sites, and ~10⁵ clients around the world. The [http://cernvm-monitor.cern.ch/cvmfs-monitor/ CernVM Monitor] shows many research groups which use CVMFS and the stratum sites which replicate their repositories.