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 ankisyncd
 =========
 
-A personal Anki sync server (so you can sync against your own server rather than
-AnkiWeb). This version has been modified from dsnopek's Anki Sync Server to
-remove the REST API, which makes it possible to drop some dependencies.
+[Anki][] is a powerful open source flashcard application, which helps you
+quickly and easily memorize facts over the long term utilizing a spaced
+repetition algorithm. Anki's main form is a desktop application (for Windows,
+Linux and macOS) which can sync to a web version (AnkiWeb) and mobile
+versions for Android and iOS.
+
+This is a personal Anki server, which you can sync against instead of
+AnkiWeb. It was originally developed to support the flashcard functionality
+on Bibliobird, a web application for language learning.
+
+This version has been modified from [dsnopek's Anki Sync Server][] to remove
+the REST API, which makes it possible to drop some dependencies.
 
 Installing
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@@ -39,3 +48,6 @@ like ankisyncd.py) containing the code below and put it in ~/Anki/addons.
 
 Replace 127.0.0.1 with the IP address or the domain name of your server if
 ankisyncd is not running on the same machine as Anki.
+
+[Anki]: https://apps.ankiweb.net/
+[dsnopek's Anki Sync Server]: https://github.com/dsnopek/anki-sync-server