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+# Tenebrous Sheets
+
+An open source character sheet service for tabletop roleplaying games.
+
+Currently under heavy development.
+
+## Build Instructions
+
+These are very basic build instructions. They assume you already have
+cargo set up and installed. Building the application requires **Rust
+Nightly!** See [rustup documentation][rustup] for more, particularly
+the part about using [Rust Nightly][nightly].
+
+### Install Dependencies
+
+Install dependencies. The exact method depends on your OS.
+
+ * sqlite3 and development headers (Void Linux: `xbps-install
+   sqlite sqlite-devel`, Ubuntu: `apt install sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev`).
+ * protoc: protocol buffers compiler. There is one baked into the
+   build, so you should not need this unless you are not using
+   Linux/Mac/Windows.
+
+### Initial Setup
+
+Follow these instructions from the root of the repository. Set up database:
+
+```
+cargo install diesel_cli --no-default-features --features sqlite
+diesel setup
+diesel migration run
+```
+
+### Run Application
+
+If you are using `rustup`, then it should automatically switch to the
+nightly version of Rust in this repository. This is because of the
+`rust-toolchain` file.
+
+Command line "instructions" to build and run the application:
+
+```
+cargo run
+```
+
+The sqlite database is currently always created in the same directory
+that `cargo run` was invoked from, so make sure you invoke it from the
+same place every time.
+
+[rustup]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rustup/index.html
+[nightly]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rustup/concepts/channels.html#working-with-nightly-rust