The LOFAR Transients Pipeline (or "TraP") is a Python and SQL based system for detecting and responding to transient and variable sources in a stream of astronomical images. It primarily targets LOFAR data, but is also applicable to a range of other instruments.

See the LOFAR Transients Key Project website for documentation including installation instructions and a usage guide.

Bug tracking and feature requests are handled through the LOFAR Project Issue Tracker

Contributions are welcome: please see the Developers' Reference. Note that this code is not (yet) public: do not distribute without permission.

Copyright (C) 2013 The LOFAR Transients Key Science Project.