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+# `luciders` Server
+Dynamically serving up [lucide](https://lucide.dev) icons. Powered by 🦀 Rust!
+
+Please see `/info` endpoint handler in `src/main.rs` for more API details.
+
+# Setup Instructions
+You will want a copy of the `icons` dir from the Lucide [Github Repo](https://github.com/lucide-icons/lucide) in the root of this project. If you are developing this project, you can simply clone the configured submodule:
+
+```bash
+git submodule update --init --recursive
+```
+
+If you are deploying to production, you can provide a directory path in the first argument to the binary. For example, if you have the icons in `/var/www/icons`:
+
+```bash
+./luciders /var/www/icons
+```
+
+Only `.svg` files will be read from that directory. The server's default port is `7878`, although this can be configured with the `PORT` environment variable.