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 # clipboard-sync
 
-Synchronize clipboard between computers
+Synchronize clipboard between computers
+
+## Usage
+
+The project consists of 2 parts, a server that is responsible for passing messages between client
+and the client which interact with the clipboard on the machine.
+
+### Server
+
+Simply run the server executable to start the server, by default the server listens on port 80,
+this can be changed by setting the `PORT` environment variable.
+
+A pre-built docker image with the server is available as `clipboardsync/server`
+
+The server is currently only tested on linux, but should run on all platforms with
+proper rust support.
+
+### Client
+
+When running the client, you need to specify the websocket address of the server and the session identifier to use,
+all clients that share a session identifier will have their clipboards synced.
+
+```bash
+client ws://example.com my_session_key
+```
+
+The client is currently tested on linux(X11) and windows, but should also work fine on OSX and BSD.
+
+## Building
+
+clipboard-sync is build using rust and can be build using a simple
+
+```bash
+cargo build --release
+```
+
+which will put the server and client binary in `target/release`.
+
+## Security
+
+If multiple users have access to the machine running the clipboard-sync server it's important to take
+care about security to prevent other users from snooping the clipboard contents.
+
+- Put the sync server behind an SSL proxy
+  
+  This prevents the clipboard contents from being send over the network unencrypted.\
+  Note that using ssl on windows is currently broken, the clipboard-sync should thus only
+  be used in secure environments when windows support is required.
+
+- Use a secure session key
+
+  Everyone that knows the session key and has access to the sync server will be able
+  to read the sync traffic. Picking a secure random key will prevent snooping of clipboard contents.