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+[![Built with matrix-nio](https://img.shields.io/badge/built%20with-matrix--nio-brightgreen)](https://github.com/poljar/matrix-nio)
+
+# Matrix-redact
+
+# Usage
+
+# Install
+
+1. Clone the repo and satisfy its dependencies
+```
+git clone https://github.com/arachnida82/matrix-redact
+cd matrix-redact
+python3.13 -m venv env
+source env/bin/activate
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+# Licensing and Acknowledgement
+The Matrix redact program (matrix-redact) is licensed under [GPL-3.0](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html). It uses [matrix-nio](https://github.com/matrix-nio/matrix-nio) under the [Apache-2.0 license](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html) and [Internet Systems Consortium license (ISC)](https://www.isc.org/licenses/). A copy of the GPL-3.0 license has been produced [below](https://github.com/arachnida82/matrix-mcnt/blob/main/LICENSE.txt).