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+# Chihaya
+
+[![Build Status](https://api.travis-ci.org/chihaya/chihaya.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/chihaya/chihaya)
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+
+Chihaya is an open source [BitTorrent tracker] written in [Go].
+
+Differentiating features include:
+
+- Extensible, middleware-oriented request flow that is customized in a [YAML] configuration file
+- Low resource consumption, and fast, asynchronous request processing
+- Unified IPv4 and IPv6 support
+
+[BitTorrent tracker]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_tracker
+[Go]: https://golang.org
+[YAML]: http://yaml.org
+
+## Getting Started
+
+TODO(jzelinskie): I should fill this section in
+
+## Development
+
+Long-term discussion and bug reports are maintained via [GitHub Issues].
+Code review is done via [GitHub Pull Requests].
+
+[GitHub Issues]: https://github.com/chihaya/chihaya/issues
+[GitHub Pull Requests]: https://github.com/chihaya/chihaya/pulls
+
+## Related projects
+
+- [OpenTracker](http://erdgeist.org/arts/software/opentracker): a popular BitTorrent tracker written in C
+- [Ocelot](https://github.com/WhatCD/Ocelot): a private BitTorrent tracker written in C++
+
+## License
+
+Chihaya is distributed under the 2-Clause BSD license that can be found in the `LICENSE` file.