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-# Contribution
-
-## Dependencies
-```bash
-# Install all the dependencies.
-pipenv sync
-# Update dependencies.
-pipenv install
-```
+# backend
 
-## Development
+Leverages great things to achieve great results
 
-If you want to link to Postgresql, create the `.env` file and set the `POSTGRES_URI` environment variable in it, example:
+[![CodeFactor](https://www.codefactor.io/repository/github/openzim/nautilus-webui/badge)](https://www.codefactor.io/repository/github/openzim/nautilus-webui)
+[![License: GPL v3](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPLv3-blue.svg)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0)
+[![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/openzim/nautilus-webui/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/openzim/nautilus-webui)
+![Python Version from PEP 621 TOML](https://img.shields.io/python/required-version-toml?tomlFilePath=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fopenzim%2Fnautilus-webui%2Fraw%2Fmain%2Fbackend%2Fpyproject.toml)
 
-```env
-POSTGRES_URI=postgresql+psycopg://username:password@host/database
-```
 
-Dev commands:
-```bash
-# Init database
-pipenv run init
-# Start FastAPI
-pipenv run start
-# Run tests
-pipenv run tests
-# Format code
-pipenv run format
-# Check format.
-pipenv run format:check
+## Usage
+
+**CAUTION**: this is not a standalone, installable Python package.
+
+- It's the backend of a web service that is intended to be deployed using OCI images.
+- See the sample Composefile in the dev folder of the repository.
+- It has external dependencies (including [S3 Storage](https://wasabi.com/), [Mailgun](https://www.mailgun.com/) account and a full-fledged [Zimfarm](https://github.com/openzim/zimfarm).
+- It **must be configured** via environment variables (see `constants.py` and Compose's Envfile)
+- There is no CHANGELOG nor release management. Production is tied to CD on `main` branch.
+
+```sh
+❯ hatch run serve
 ```
+
+nautilus-webui backend adheres to openZIM's [Contribution Guidelines](https://github.com/openzim/overview/wiki/Contributing).
+
+nautilus-webui backend has implemented openZIM's [Python bootstrap, conventions and policies](https://github.com/openzim/_python-bootstrap/docs/Policy.md) **v1.0.1**.