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 ## laminar
 
-Lightweight, linuxy Continuous Integration service.
+Laminar is continuous integration with a focus on simplicity and flexibility. Minimal wheels are reinvented. See the [wiki page](https://github.com/ohwgiles/laminar/wiki) for more information
+
+### Features
+
+* Pure C++ backend with few dependencies
+* Highly scriptable
+* Filesystem based configuration
+* Simple and responsive web frontend based on bootstrap
 
-Alpha. Docs coming.