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+SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
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+
+# Command Line Interface for the Web-of-Trust
+
+This module contains a command line interface application that acts as a front-end for
+[`pgpainless-wot`](../pgpainless-wot).
+
+## Build
+
+To build the application, navigate into this subdirectory and execute the following command:
+```shell
+../gradlew installDist
+```
+
+A ready-to-use distributable directory can then be found in `build/install/` with an executable in `build/install/pgpainless-wot-cli/bin/`.
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+<!--
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Paul Schaub <info@pgpainless.org>
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+SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
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+# Web-of-Trust + PGPainless
+
+This module plugs PGPainless as an OpenPGP backend into [`wot-dijkstra`](../wot-dijkstra) to implement the
+[Web of Trust](https://sequoia-pgp.gitlab.io/sequoia-wot/).
+
+For a command line interface, check out [`pgpainless-wot-cli`](../pgpainless-wot-cli).
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+<!--
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Paul Schaub <info@pgpainless.org>
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
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+# Backend-agnostic Web-of-Trust Implementation
+
+This module contains an implementation of the Web-of-Trust which is agnostic of the cryptographic backend.
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