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 # Lupt Chat
 Chat app to talk in group or to strangers
 
-export SALT as environment variable to use as salt for hashing.
+## Running
+Export SALT as environment variable to use as salt for hashing, and TENOR_API_KEY for gifs support in the server.
+
+```
+SALT="<salt>" TENOR_API_KEY="API-KEY" lupt --bind_address <interface address>:<port> --static_path <static files dir>
+```
+
+Example:
+
+```
+SALT="sometext" TENOR_API_KEY="API-KEY" lupt --bind_address 0.0.0.0:8080 --static_path ./static
+```
+
+## Building
+
+Make sure the rust toolchain is installed. (If not, install using [rustup.rs](https://rustup.rs/))
+Then, just use cargo to build the project binary
+
+```
+cargo build --release
+```
+
+This will produce the required project binary `lupt` in `target/release/lupt`
+
+## License
+
+This project is under (GPL License)(LICENSE)