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+# Trilium
+Hierarchical note taking application.
+
+![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/zadam/trilium/images/screenshot.png)
+
+## Features
+
+* Notes can be arranged into arbitrarily deep hierarchy
+   * Notes can have more than 1 parents - see [cloning](https://github.com/zadam/trilium/wiki/Cloning)
+* WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editing
+* Fast and easy [navigation between notes](https://github.com/zadam/trilium/wiki/Note-navigation)
+* Seamless note versioning
+* Can be deployed as web application and / or desktop application with offline access (electron based)
+* [Synchronization with](https://github.com/zadam/trilium/wiki/Synchronization) self-hosted sync server
+* Strong [note encryption](https://github.com/zadam/trilium/wiki/Protected-notes)
+
+## Builds
+
+* If you want to install Trilium on server, follow [this page](https://github.com/zadam/trilium/wiki/Installation-on-server)
+* If you want to use Trilium on the desktop, download binary release from [releases], unzip the package and run ```trilium``` executable.
+
+## Supported platforms
+
+Desktop (electron) builds are available for Linux and Windows.
+
+Requirements for web based installation are outlined in (https://github.com/zadam/trilium/wiki/Installation-on-server).
+
+Currently only recent Chrome and Firefox are supported (tested) browsers. Other modern browsers should work as well.
+
+## Documentation
+
+See [wiki](https://github.com/zadam/trilium/wiki/Home) for complete list of available pages.