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-burger social media
+burgercat: burger social media
 
-self hosting:
-- git clone https://codeberg.org/burger-software/burgercat
-- cd burgercat
-- python init_db
-- python main
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+### self hosting:
+this guide assumes you have git and python3 installed
+
+```git clone https://codeberg.org/burger-software/burgercat
+cd burgercat
+python init_db
+python main```
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