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+## Amber Backend
+
+This is the backend app of Project Amber, a task list app.
+
+This is a basic Flask/SQLAlchemy app that takes care of syncing tasks between
+devices.
+
+#### Configuration
+
+The config file is a JSON file that is loaded from either `./config.json` or
+`/etc/amber.json`, whichever is found first.
+
+Example config:
+
+    {
+        "database": "sqlite:///file.db", // SQLAlchemy database URI
+        // see https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/13/core/engines.html#database-urls
+        "allow_signup": false // whether to allow /api/signup or not
+    }
+
+#### Dependencies
+
+This app directly depends on `flask`, `flask-sqlalchemy`, and `bcrypt`.
+
+#### Licenses
+
+See [LICENSE.txt](LICENSE.txt).