Hadoopy HBase License: Apache V2 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0) How to Run Tests sudo /usr/lib/hbase/bin/start-hbase.sh sudo /etc/init.d/hadoop-hbase-thrift start cd java sudo bash build.sh cd ../tests python thrift_example.py python hbase_test.py Acknowledgements: Lasthbase (https://github.com/tims/lasthbase) inspired this module but is incompatible with new HBase versions, necessitating starting from scratch. The build scripts and general layout were used as a starting point.