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+# Birthday Bot
+An automated way to recognize birthdays in your community!
+
+[![ko-fi](https://ko-fi.com/img/githubbutton_sm.svg)](https://ko-fi.com/J3J65TW2E)
+
+#### Documentation, help, resources
+* [Main website, user documentation](https://noithecat.dev/bots/BirthdayBot)
+* [Official server](https://discord.gg/JCRyFk7)
+
+#### Running your own instance
+You need:
+* .NET 6 (https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/)
+* PostgreSQL (https://www.postgresql.org/)
+* EF Core tools (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/get-started/overview/install#get-the-entity-framework-core-tools)
+* A Discord bot token (https://discord.com/developers/applications)
+
+Get your bot token and set up your database user and schema, then create a JSON file containing the following:
+```jsonc
+{
+    "BotToken": "your bot token here",
+    "SqlHost": "localhost", // optional
+    "SqlDatabase": "birthdaybot", // optional
+    "SqlUser": "birthdaybot", // required
+    "SqlPassword": "birthdaybot" // required; no other authentication methods are currently supported
+}
+```
+
+Then run the following commands:
+```sh
+$ dotnet restore
+$ dotnet ef database update -- -c path/to/config.json
+```
+
+And finally, to run the bot:
+```
+$ dotnet run -c Release -- -c path/to/config.json
+```