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+# Soulseek-rs 🦀
+
+Souleek-rs is an experimental Soulseek client built in Rust. It's under
+development and not yet ready for use. Soulseek is a closed-source P2P
+file-sharing network from the 2000s. It's still used by music enthusiasts
+around the world to share niche music.
+
+## Project Goals
+
+This project is a learning exercise to explore Rust. I've been using Soulseek
+since the early 2000s, so it's close to my heart, and the Soulseek protocol is
+a closed-source network protocol that provides a great opportunity to learn
+about asynchronous and concurrent network programming and reverse engineering
+
+It's not intended to be a production-ready client (yet).
+
+Since it's a learning project, I have a self-imposed restriction not to use
+external dependencies. This means I can't use any external crates that are not
+part of the Rust standard library. This is a good challenge to learn how to
+build complex systems with only the standard library.
+
+## Planned Features
+
+- [x] Search for files
+- [x] Download files
+- [ ] Configure credentials
+- [ ] Configure download & upload directories
+- [ ] Share files
+- [ ] Browse user(s) files
+- [ ] Chat in chatrooms
+- [ ] Private messaging
+- [ ] Headless mode daemon mode with remote control
+
+## Project structure
+
+Soulseek-rs is planned to be structured as a generic reusable library
+(soulseek-rs-lib) with a CLI client (soulseek-rs).
+
+The CLI client will have a simple command-line interface to interact with the
+library. A rich TUI mode will be added in the future.
+
+## Installation
+
+To install Soulseek-rs, you'll need to have Rust installed on your system. Then,
+you can clone the repository and build it with cargo:
+
+```bash
+git clone git@github.com:michel/soulseek-rs.git
+cd soulseek-rs
+cargo build --release
+```
+
+The binary will be available at `target/release/soulseek-rs`.
+
+## Usage
+
+```bash
+./target/release/soulseek-rs "the weeknd Blinding Lights"
+```
+
+## Development
+
+To run the project in development mode with debug output and trace output:
+
+```bash
+RUST_LOG=trace cargo run
+```
+
+## Development
+
+To run the tests:
+
+```bash
+cargo test
+```
+
+To run the linter:
+
+```bash
+cargo clippy
+```
+
+To run the formatter:
+
+```bash
+cargo fmt
+```
+
+## License
+
+This project is licensed under the MIT License — see the [LICENSE](./LICENSE)
+file for details.