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 # etherpad2latex
 
+`etherpad2latex` is a simple web server which listens to requests to build
+a certain etherpad containing LaTex and serves the compiled PDFs.
+
+I use it to create a collaborative space to work on LaTex documents of
+any type.
+
+## Dependencies
+
+You'll need the [nim](https://nim-lang.org/) compiler toolchain including `nimble`,
+the package manager for nim.
+
+## Installation
+
+### From source
+
+```
+git clone https://joachimschmidt557.xyz/gitea/joachimschmidt557/etherpad2latex
+cd etherpad2latex
+nimble install
+```