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+# vial-gui
+
+## Releases
+
+Currently, no releases are provided. You can download a precompiled binary from latest GitHub Action: https://github.com/vial-kb/vial-gui/actions (need to log into a github account).
+
+## Development
+
+Python 3.6 is recommended (3.6 is the latest version that is officially supported by `fbs`).
+
+Install dependencies:
+
+```
+python3 -m venv venv
+source venv/bin/activate
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+To launch the application afterwards:
+
+```
+source venv/bin/activate
+fbs run
+```