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+A skeleton app for running your own [EteSync](https://www.etesync.com) server
+
+# Installation
+
+To setup your own EteSync server based on the git version just clone this
+git repository and set up the django app:
+
+```
+git clone https://github.com/etesync/server-skeleton.git
+
+cd server-skeleton
+
+# Set up the environment and deps
+virtualenv .venv
+source .venv/bin/activate
+
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+Set the django ```SECRET_KEY``` and ```ALLOWED_HOSTS``` in [the settings file](etesync_server/settings.py).
+For more information on these please refer to the [django deployment checklist](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/howto/deployment/checklist/).
+
+Now you can initialise our django app
+
+```
+./manage.py migrate
+```
+
+And you are done! You can now either run the debug server just to see everything works as expected by running:
+
+```
+./manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
+```
+
+Using the debug server is production is not recommended, so you should configure your webserver to serve
+etesync (with TLS). An example on how to do so with nginx can be found [here](http://uwsgi-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials/Django_and_nginx.html).
+
+# Usage
+
+Create yourself an admin user:
+
+```
+./manage.py createsuperuser
+```
+
+At this stage you can either just use the admin user, or better yet, go to: ```www.your-etesync-install.com/admin```
+and create a non-privileged user that you can use.
+
+That's it!
+
+Now all that's left is to open the EteSync app, add an account, and set your custom server address under the "advance" section.