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-# pyLoad
+![pyLoad](/logo.png "pyLoad")
+=============================
 
-pyLoad is a free and open source downloader for 1-click-hosting sites
-like rapidshare.com or uploaded.to.
-It supports link decryption as well as all important container formats.
+**pyLoad** is a free and open source download manager for all kind of operating systems and devices,
+designed to be extremely lightweight and runnable on common computers or headless servers.
 
-pyLoad is written entirely in Python and is currently under heavy development.
+Its modern web interface allows to manage downloads across networks and easily access them from anywhere.
+All common video-sites, one-click-hosters, container formats and well known web standards are supported to download files for you.
+Additionaly it has a great variety of plugins to automate common tasks and make unattended running possible.
 
-For news, downloads, wiki, forum and further information visit http://pyload.org/
+pyLoad has a full featured and well documented API, is easily extendable and accessible by external tools.
+It is written entirely in Python and under heavy development.
 
-To report bugs, suggest features, ask a question, get the developer version
-or help us out, visit http://github.com/pyload/pyload
-
-Documentation about extending pyLoad can be found at http://docs.pyload.org or join us at #pyload on irc.freenode.net
 
 Dependencies
 ------------
 
-You need at least python 2.5 to run pyLoad and all of these required libaries.
+**You need at least python 2.5 to run pyLoad and all of these required libaries.**
 They should be automatically installed when using pip install.
-The prebuilt pyload packages also install these dependencies or have them included, so manuall install
+The pre-built pyload packages also install these dependencies or have them included, so manual install
 is only needed when installing pyLoad from source.
 
-### Required
+### Required ###
+
+ - **beaker**
+ - **jinja2**
+ - **pycurl** (a.k.a python-curl)
+ - **simplejson**: For python 2.5
+ - **thrift**
 
-- pycurl a.k.a python-curl
-- jinja2
-- beaker
-- thrift
-- simplejson (for python 2.5)
+Some plugins require additional packages, install these only when needed.
 
-Some plugins require additional packages, only install these when needed.
+### Optional ###
 
-### Optional
+ - **BeautifulSoup**
+ - **feedparser**
+ - **jsengine** (spidermonkey, ossp-js, pyv8, rhino): Needed by several hosters (ex.: ClickNLoad)
+ - **pycrypto**: For RSDF/CCF/DLC support
+ - **pyOpenSSL**: For SSL connection
+ - **tesseract**, **python-pil** (a.k.a python-imaging): For automatic captcha recognition support
 
-- pycrypto: RSDF/CCF/DLC support
-- tesseract, python-pil a.k.a python-imaging: Automatic captcha recognition for a small amount of plugins
-- jsengine (spidermonkey, ossp-js, pyv8, rhino): Used for several hoster, ClickNLoad
-- feedparser
-- BeautifulSoup
-- pyOpenSSL: For SSL connection
 
 First start
 -----------
 
-Note: If you installed pyload via package-manager `python pyLoadCore.py` is probably equivalent to `pyLoadCore`
+***Note:***
+If you installed pyload via package-manager `python pyLoadCore.py` is probably equivalent to `pyLoadCore`.
 
-Run::
+Run:
 
     python pyLoadCore.py
 
-and follow the instructions of the setup assistent.
+and follow the instructions of the setup assistant.
 
-For a list of options use::
+For a list of options use:
 
     python pyLoadCore.py -h
 
+
 Configuration
 -------------
 
-After finishing the setup assistent pyLoad is ready to use and more configuration can be done via webinterface.
-Additionally you could simply edit the config files located in your pyLoad home dir (defaults to: ~/.pyload)
+After finishing the setup assistant pyLoad is ready to use and more configuration can be done via webinterface.
+Additionally you could simply edit the configuration files located in your pyLoad home directory (default to `~/.pyload`)
 with your favorite editor and edit the appropriate options. For a short description of
-the options take a look at http://pyload.org/configuration.
+the options take a look at <http://pyload.org/configuration>.
 
-To restart the configure assistent run::
+To restart the configure assistant run:
 
     python pyLoadCore.py -s
 
-### Adding downloads
+### Adding downloads ###
 
-To start the CLI and connect to a local server, run::
+To start the Command Line Interface and connect to a local server, run:
 
     python pyLoadCli.py -l
 
-for more options refer to::
+for more options refer to:
 
     python pyLoadCli.py -h
 
-The webinterface can be accessed when pointing your webbrowser to the ip and configured port, defaults to http://localhost:8000
+The webinterface can be accessed when pointing your webbrowser to the IP and configured port, defaults to `http://localhost:8000`.
+
 
 Notes
 -----
-For more information, see http://pyload.org/
+
+For news, downloads, wiki, forum and further information visit <http://pyload.org/>.
+
+To report bugs, suggest features, ask a question, get the developer version
+or help us out, visit <https://github.com/pyload/pyload>.
+
+Documentation about extending pyLoad can be found at <http://docs.pyload.org> or joining us at `#pyload` on `irc.freenode.net`.
+
+
+------------------------------
+###### pyLoad Team 2008-2014 ######
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