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+<img src="images/logo.png" width=700>
+<div><i>Fast and flexible general-purpose template for your API.</i></div>
+</div>
+
+## Usage
+
+```bash
+python3 -m pip install cookiecutter
+cookiecutter gh:s3rius/FastAPI-template
+# Answer prompts questions
+# ???
+# 🍪 Enjoy your new project 🍪
+```
+
+## Features
+Currently supported features:
+- redis
+- systemd units
+- Example (dummy) SQLAlchemy model
+- Elastic Search support
+- Scheduler support
+
+Planned features:
+- Add Makefile support
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