diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+neofeels
+doc/neofeels.1
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2025 nbsp@tilde.town
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+GO ?= go
+RM ?= rm
+SCDOC ?= scdoc
+
+all: neofeels doc
+
+neofeels: 
+	$(GO) build $(GOFLAGS) .
+
+# ifeq (, $(shell which $(SCDOC) 2>/dev/null))
+# $(warning "$(SCDOC) not found, skipping building documentation")
+doc:
+# else
+# doc: doc/neofeels.1
+# 	$(SCDOC) < doc/neofeels.1.scd > doc/neofeels.1
+
+clean:
+	rm neofeels doc/neofeels.1
+
+.PHONY: all neofeels doc clean
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# neofeels
+
+a new ttbp client
+
+## building
+
+```
+git clone https://git.tilde.town/nbsp/neofeels
+cd neofeels
+make
+```
+
+## roadmap
+
+- [x] main menu
+- [x] credits
+- [ ] feels browser
+- [ ] configuration editor
+- [ ] feels publishing
+- [ ] graffiti
+- [ ] feedback
+- [ ] documentation with manpages
+
+nice-to-haves:
+- [ ] mouse support
+- [ ] image support via sixels
+
+## contributing
+
+contributions are welcome! please feel free to open a PR to add any missing
+features. i aim to make neofeels eventually completely-feature complete with
+feels.
+
+## license
+
+neofeels is licensed under the MIT license. refer to [the license](LICENSE) for
+details.