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-Trelby is a screenplay writing program. See http://www.trelby.org/ for
-more details.
-
-This is a fork of the original codebase from https://github.com/trelby/trelby, which as of this writing appears to be dormant.
-
-The major difference of this fork is conversion to Python 3.
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+# Trelby
+## Screenplay writing software
+Trelby is a screenplay writing program. See http://www.trelby.org/ for
+more details.
+
+### About this project
+This is a fork of the original codebase from https://github.com/trelby/trelby, which as of this writing appears to be dormant.
+
+The major difference of this fork is conversion to Python 3.  I also have a list of possible enhancements in mind, and I'd love help updating the Windows packaging so that I can provide a Windows build.
+
+### Installation
+
+#### From source
+
+1. git clone https://github.com/limburgher/trelby.git
+
+2. cd trelby
+
+3. pip3 install requirements.txt
+
+4. ./bin/trelby
+
+#### Debian and variants
+
+Download and install the .deb file
+
+- or -
+
+1. make deb
+
+2. Install the resulting .deb file.
+
+#### Fedora
+
+Download and install the .rpm file
+
+- or -
+
+COMING SOON: sudo dnf install trelby
+
+#### Windows
+
+Currently unsupported, see above.