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+Categories:
+  - System
+License: GPL-3.0-or-later
+WebSite: https://f-droid.org
+SourceCode: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroid-nearby
+IssueTracker: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroid-nearby/issues
+Donate: https://f-droid.org/donate
+Liberapay: F-Droid-Data
+Bitcoin: 15u8aAPK4jJ5N8wpWJ5gutAyyeHtKX5i18
+
+AutoName: F-Droid Nearby
+Description: |
+    F-Droid Nearby is a simple app for exchanging free software apps locally,
+    device-to-device, even when internet is not available or too expensive.  It is
+    compatible with the built-in Nearby feature of the F-Droid client app.
+
+    This is an early alpha version!  It might work really badly.
+
+RepoType: git
+Repo: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroid-nearby.git
+
+Builds:
+  - versionName: '0.0'
+    versionCode: 1
+    commit: '0.0'
+    subdir: app
+    gradle:
+      - yes
+
+AutoUpdateMode: Version %v
+UpdateCheckMode: Tags ^[0-9][0-9.]+[0-9]$
+CurrentVersion: '0.0'
+CurrentVersionCode: 1
diff --git a/metadata/org.fdroid.nearby/en-US/summary.txt b/metadata/org.fdroid.nearby/en-US/summary.txt
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+Exchange free software apps locally, device-to-device, even without internet!