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-# GitToText-Backend
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+# GitToText-Backend
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+
+GitToText-Backend is a Flask-based backend application for the GitToText project. It handles the processing of GitHub repositories and serves the frontend application.
+
+## Features
+
+- **Fetch Files**: Retrieve all files from a specified GitHub repository.
+- **Process Content**: Convert and clean the content for easy readability.
+- **API Endpoints**: Provide endpoints for the frontend to interact with.
+
+## How to Use
+
+The backend provides an API endpoint that the frontend interacts with to fetch and process repository data.
+
+## Deployment
+
+The backend is deployed on Vercel. Make sure to set up the necessary environment variables and configure the backend URL correctly in the frontend application.
+
+For detailed deployment steps, refer to the Vercel documentation.
+
+## License
+
+This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.