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+# ADrift
+ADrift is a Peer to Peer proxy utilizing the WebRTC protocol.
+
+### Before everything..
+install dependencies and build bare-client-custom
+```
+pnpm install
+cd bare-client-custom
+pnpm install
+pnpm build
+cd ..
+```
+
+### Getting started
+Currently, there aren't any middle nodes, only an exit node which is requires nodejs to run.
+
+### Getting started with the server
+inside the server/ directory, run `pnpm install`, followed by `pnpm dev`
+
+### Getting started with the client
+Inside the frontend/ directory, run `pnpm install` and then `VITE_ADRIFT_DEV=1 VITE_ADRIFT_SINGLEFILE= pnpm dev`
+
+
+### Quick server setup (linux)
+```
+git submodule update --init --recursive
+pnpm install
+cd bare-client-custom
+pnpm install
+pnpm build
+cd ..
+cd server/
+pnpm install
+pnpm dev
+```
+
+### Quick client setup (linux)
+```
+git submodule update --init --recursive
+pnpm install
+cd bare-client-custom
+pnpm install
+pnpm build
+cd ..
+cd frontend/
+pnpm install
+pnpm VITE_ADRIFT_DEV=1 VITE_ADRIFT_SINGLEFILE= pnpm dev
+```
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