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+Copyright (C) 2017 Jérémie Roquet <jroquet@arkanosis.net>
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+Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
+purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
+WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER
+RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

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+# microstatus [![License](http://img.shields.io/badge/license-ISC-blue.svg)](/LICENSE)
+
+**microstatus** is a lightweight [Mastodon](https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon)- and [GNU social](https://gnu.io/social/)-compatible [OStatus](https://www.w3.org/community/ostatus/) server implementation.
+
+## Design goals
+
+microstatus aims at the following objectives:
+* provide a complete, standard compliant implementation of the OStatus protocol;
+* be extremely lightweight, self-contained and easy to deploy;
+* federate with Mastodon and GNU social instances (at least);
+* use a hackable, UNIX-friendly storage format;
+* come with a nice client API.
+
+microstatus (nice to have) non-goals include:
+* providing a *scalable* implementation of the OStatus protocol;
+* handling billions of users;
+* being compatible with Mastodon's, GNU social's or Twitter's *client* API;
+* coming with a nice web or mobile UI.
+
+## Compilation
+
+Run `cargo build --release` in your working copy.
+
+## Installation
+
+Copy the `microstatus` binary wherever you want.
+
+## Usage
+
+Run `microstatus <path to the microstatus data directory>`.
+
+## Contributing and reporting bugs
+
+Contributions are welcome through [GitHub pull requests](https://github.com/Arkanosis/microstatus/pulls).
+
+Please report bugs and feature requests on [GitHub issues](https://github.com/Arkanosis/microstatus/issues).
+
+## License
+
+microstatus is copyright (C) 2017 Jérémie Roquet <jroquet@arkanosis.net> and licensed under the ISC license.