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+# Write.as GTK App
+A Write.as desktop app that targets all freedesktop.org compliant desktops, e.g. 
+GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, etc; basically everything except Windows, Mac, iOS, and 
+Android. It allows you to compose and publish posts to https://write.as/.
+
+For a UI toolkit it uses GTK (where some systems may slightly prefer, say, Qt), 
+but do to the simplicity of the app this shouldn't be much of a problem to anyone.