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+# glot-app
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+## Overview
+glot-app is the website soon to be hosted at [glot.io](https://glot.io) (currently [beta.glot.io](https://beta.glot.io)).
+The website is hosted on cloudflare and code is run via [docker-run](https://github.com/glotcode/docker-run).
+
+Built with [poly](https://github.com/glotlabs/poly-rs).