This document introduces Meteor, an open-source platform for building web applications. It discusses Meteor's mission to make building software easier and faster by enabling real-time functionality, synchronization of data, latency compensation, and hot code pushes. Key principles of Meteor are outlined, including using pure JavaScript, real-time updates, data synchronization, latency compensation, hot code pushes, a privileged environment, application bundles, interoperability, and smart packages. Some example community projects built with Meteor are also mentioned. The document promotes Meteor as an audacious attempt to solve big problems for a large class of everyday web applications.