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-# sfwbar
-Sway Floating Window Bar
+### SFWBar
+
+SFWBar (Sway Floating Window Bar) is a flexible taskbar application for 
+[Sway](https://github.com/swaywm/sway) wayland
+compositor, designed with a stacking layout in mind. 
+
+## SFWBar implements the following features:
+1. Taskbar - to control floating windows
+1. Window placement engine - to open new windows in more logical locations
+1. A simple widget set to display information from system files
+
+## Compiling from Source
+
+Install dependencies:
+glib
+gtk3
+gtk-layer-shell
+json-c
+
+Compile instructions:
+meson build
+ninja -C build
+
+## Configuration
+See man page for config file details