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+# fern
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+RSS/Atom media feed downloader.
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+Depends on [youtube-dl][ydl] for downloading media.
+
+[ydl]: https://youtube-dl.org
+
+## building
+
+requires `make` and `go >= 1.15`
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+to build it, just do:
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+```
+make
+```