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-# Electron Scuttlebot
+# Patchwork
 
-Code for wrapping scuttlebot in a small Electron UI, and to create app packages and installers.
+**Patchwork is in active development. <a href="http://ssbc.github.io/">Sign up for our mailing list</a>, and we'll notify you when it's ready to use.**
+
+Patchwork is a peer-to-peer network for sharing social feeds and open-source software. It gives you freedom to meet and collaborate online without surrendering ownership of your data.
+
+Patchwork isn't a website: it runs on your computer and syncs over the Internet or WiFi. User-tracking and advertisements are actively prevented, and user applications are fully supported.
+
+<a href="http://ssbc.github.io/">Learn more</a>
+
+## Some development notes:
 
 ```
 npm install -d