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+AnsibleWorks
+============
+
+Formerly known as ansible-commander, AnsibleWorks provides a web-based user
+interface and REST API built on top of Ansible.
+
+The current version under development is 1.2-b2.
+
+Resources
+---------
+
+Refer to `CONTRIBUTING.md` to get started developing, testing and building
+AnsibleWorks.
+
+Refer to `setup/README.md` to get started deploying AnsibleWorks.