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+# GMI Feed Aggregator
+
+## Usage
+
+### Prerequisites
+
+* Python
+
+### Running
+
+Add feed URLs to _feeds.txt_.
+
+Run `make` to create _index.gmi_.
+
+Modify _header.gmi_ and _footer.gmi_ to customize the created page.
+
+## License
+
+Copyright 2020 Emilis Dambauskas emilis@emilis.net
+
+This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; see LICENSE.txt for details.
+
+**gcat** is copyright Aaron Janse under a MIT-like license. Copied over from <https://github.com/aaronjanse/gcat>. See source code for details.