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+Description
+===========
+
+pyLoad is a free and open source personal cloud storage as well as download manager
+for all kind of operating systems and devices, designed to be extremely lightweight and
+runnable on personal pc or headless server.
+
+You can easily manage your files, downloads, media content and access it from anywhere.
+All common video-sites, one-click-hoster, 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.
+
+pyLoad has a full featured and well documented API, is easily extendable and accessible
+by external tools. It is written entirely in Python and currently under heavy development.
+
+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 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.
+They should be automatically installed when using pip install.
+The prebuilt pyload packages also install these dependencies or have them included, so manual install
+is only needed when installing pyLoad from source.
+
+Required
+--------
+
+- pycurl a.k.a python-curl
+- jinja2
+- beaker
+- simplejson (for python 2.5)
+
+Some plugins require additional packages, only install these when needed.
+
+Optional
+--------
+
+- 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`
+
+Run::
+
+    python pyLoadCore.py
+
+and follow the instructions of the setup assistent.
+
+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)
+with your favorite editor and edit the appropriate options. For a short description of
+the options take a look at http://pyload.org/configuration.
+
+To restart the configure assistent run::
+
+    python pyLoadCore.py -s
+
+Adding downloads
+----------------
+
+To start the CLI and connect to a local server, run::
+
+    python pyLoadCli.py -l
+
+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
+
+Notes
+=====
+For more information, see http://pyload.org/