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+# CaitSith
+
+![actions](https://scm.wyattjmiller.com/wymiller/CaitSith/actions/workflows/build.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)
+
+Copyright 2025, all rights reserved
+
+## Hacking
+
+Requirements:
+
+- Rust (built on 1.86, 2021 edition)
+- git
+- pkg-config
+- openssl-devel
+
+If you are running `nix` or NixOS, you should probably run the provided `flake.nix`