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-# rotini
-An unnamed cloud storage app
+<p align="center">
+    <img src="./assets/rotini-logo.png">
+</p>
+<h1 align="center">Rotini</h1>
+
+## Overview
+
+**Rotini** is a self-hosted cloud storage application that gives you full-control over the data you store. It aims
+for simplicity and extensibility, such that you can get started in minutes and easily fork or contribute upstream if you
+fancy a feature that's not already there.
+
+It's roadmap is currently TBD and will become better defined as it gets closer to a first release.
 
 ## Development
 
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 task be:start -- <options>
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-See the README files of each of those environments ([backend](./backend/README.md), [frontend](./frontend/README.md)) for specific requirements..
+See the README files of each of those environments ([backend](./backend/README.md), [frontend](./frontend/README.md)) for specific requirements.)
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