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-# varia
-Download manager based on aria2
+<p align="center"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giantpinkrobots/varia/main/data/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/io.github.giantpinkrobots.varia.svg" width=200 /></p>
+<h1 align="center">Varia</h1>
+<h3 align="center">Download manager based on aria2</h3>
+<br>
 
-I will write this once this app is released on Flathub.
+<p align="center">
+
+![](https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/giantpinkrobots/varia/latest/main?label=commits%20since%20latest%20release)  ![](https://img.shields.io/github/forks/giantpinkrobots/varia.svg)  ![](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/giantpinkrobots/varia.svg)  ![](https://img.shields.io/github/watchers/giantpinkrobots/varia.svg)  ![](https://img.shields.io/github/issues/giantpinkrobots/varia.svg)  ![](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-closed/giantpinkrobots/varia.svg)  ![](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-pr/giantpinkrobots/varia.svg)  ![](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-pr-closed/giantpinkrobots/varia.svg)  ![](https://img.shields.io/github/license/giantpinkrobots/varia.svg)  ![](https://img.shields.io/github/followers/giantpinkrobots.svg?style=social&label=Follow&maxAge=2592000)
 
-This application relies on the following pieces of software:
+</p>
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+<p align="center"><a href="https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.giantpinkrobots.varia"><img src="https://dl.flathub.org/assets/badges/flathub-badge-i-en.svg" width=300 /></a></p>
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+Varia is a simple download manager that conforms to the latest Libadwaita design guidelines, integrating nicely with GNOME. It uses the amazing aria2 to handle the downloads.
+
+<p float="left" align="middle">
+  <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giantpinkrobots/varia/main/screenshots/Screenshot-Varia-1.png" width=500 />
+  <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giantpinkrobots/varia/main/screenshots/Screenshot-Varia-2.png" width=500 />
+</p>
+
+Varia supports some basic functionality you'd expect from a download manager such as resuming incomplete downloads upon relaunch, but (right now) doesn't support saving files outside of your default download directory. I want to change this in the future while still having a minimal set of permissions with Flatpak.
+
+## License
+
+<a href=https://github.com/giantpinkrobots/varia/blob/main/LICENSE>Varia is licensed under the Mozilla Public License 2.0.</a>
+
+But, it also application relies on the following pieces of software:
 - aria2: GPL v2 License (aria2 itself relies on OpenSSL: OpenSSL License)
 - aria2p: ISC License
 
 The licenses of all of these pieces of software can be found in the dependencies_information directory in this application's app directory.
+
+## Contributing
+
+Contributions are always welcome, of course! I have not set up translations yet, and this time I want to utilize the .po files to do it. I will update this section once that is in.
+
+Also, I really want to change the logo as it's something I hastly hacked together in Krita. If you can make a logo that conforms to the GNOME logo design guidelines, that would be amazing!
+
+## The name
+
+The name "Varia" comes from the aria2 software it is based on, and I added a "V" to make it "Varia". In the Metroid series of games, there is a special suit you eventually get named a "<a href=https://metroid.fandom.com/wiki/Varia_Suit>Varia Suit</a>" with its main feature being allowing Samus to withstand extreme temperatures. I spent some time thinking about how to connect the Varia Suit to my app, but couldn't, soooo... I think it just sounds cool.