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+## About
+
+InspIRCd is a modular C++ Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server for UNIX-like and Windows systems.
+
+This repository contains additional modules contributed and maintained by the users of InspIRCd.
+
+## Installation
+
+The primary interface to this repository is via the `modulemanager` binary shipped with InspIRCd.
+
+If you do not have this or do not wish to use it, you can download directly from this repository.
+
+Copy or symlink the modules you wish to use to src/modules/ in the InspIRCd directory.
+
+Then just rerun `make` and `make install`.
+
+## Support
+
+Modules in this repository are not officially supported by the InspIRCd development team.
+
+See the module author comments in the module files to find the author.
+
+You may be able to find the author or others who use the module in [\#inspircd on irc.inspircd.org](https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.inspircd.org:+6697/#inspircd).
+
+Please make it clear you're asking about a contrib module!
+
+## Development
+
+### 3.x Example tags:
+
+```
+/// $ModAuthor: w00t
+/// $ModAuthorMail: [email protected]
+/// $ModConfig: <syncbans channels="#a,#b,#c">
+/// $ModConflicts: m_muteban.so
+/// $ModDepends: core 3
+/// $ModDesc: Provides ircd-side fantasy commands.
+/// $ModMask: mask reason (e.g., deprecated or obsolete)
+```
+
+### 2.0 Example tags:
+
+```
+/* $ModAuthor: w00t */
+/* $ModAuthorMail: [email protected] */
+/* $ModConfig: <syncbans channels="#a,#b,#c"> */
+/* $ModConflicts: m_muteban.so */
+/* $ModDepends: core 2.0 */
+/* $ModDesc: Provides ircd-side fantasy commands. */
+/* $ModMask: mask reason (e.g., deprecated or obsolete) */
+```