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+# Spark Engine Web
+
+Spark Engine Web is a lightweight browser based web engine we are building for fun.
+
+We are building the engine with Security and performance in mind, to provide the best possible experience to our engine's users and contributors.
+
+That being said, it will be an iterative journey and we won't bump the major version until we will feel confident to have reached our goal.
+
+## Getting Started
+
+**Requirements**
+
+* Node ^18
+* NPM ^9
+
+Run `npm i` to install packages. After that, you are good to go
+
+### Commands
+
+* `npm test` to run the test suite
+* `npm run build` to build the engine
+* `npm run clean` to clean the dist folder
+
+## Usage
+
+TBD
+
+## Contributing
+
+To contribute to the project just open a pull request. If you are working on an existing issue remember to link the pull request to it.
+
+Once opened a core maintinaer will review the PR and eventually approve it
+
+## License
+
+See [LICENSE](./LICENSE) file
+
+## Contact
+
+See maintainers section in package.json