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 # Plume [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/Plume-org/Plume.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/Plume-org/Plume)
 
-Federated blogging engine, based on ActivityPub.
+Federated blogging engine, based on ActivityPub. It uses the Rocket framework, and Diesel to interact with the database.
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+It is not yet ready for production use, but we have all the basic features (account management, blogs, articles, comments, etc) and a basic federation.
 
 [**Demo instance**](https://baptiste.gelez.xyz/)
-[Development Guide](https://github.com/Plume-org/Plume/blob/master/DEVELOPMENT.md)
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+If you are interested in coding, check out the [development guide](https://github.com/Plume-org/Plume/blob/master/DEVELOPMENT.md). You can also help by reporting issues, suggesting features, or writing documentation for instance.