# etcd > TODO Strongly consistent, distributed key-value store. Aims to provide a reliable way to store data that needs to be accessed by a distributed system or cluster of machines. Gracefully handles leader elections during network partitions and can tolerate machine failure, including the leader node. 1. [TL;DR](#tldr) 1. [Further readings](#further-readings) 1. [Sources](#sources) ## TL;DR ## Further readings - [Website] - [Codebase] ### Sources - [Documentation] [codebase]: https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd [documentation]: https://etcd.io/docs/ [website]: https://etcd.io/