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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2025 AJMicke
+
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+# KickerELO
+
+KickerELO is a web application for displaying Elo ratings for foosball (table soccer) games.  
+It uses **Spring Boot** for the backend, **Vaadin** for the frontend, and **MariaDB** as the database.
+
+## Requirements
+
+- **Java 23** or later
+- **Maven** (if not integrated)
+- **MariaDB** (for production use)
+
+## Installation
+
+### Clone the repository
+```sh
+git clone https://github.com/your-repo/kickerelo.git
+cd kickerelo
+```
+
+If you want to run the application in production mode, you can skip to [Production](#production) and set up the database.
+
+
+### Testing
+
+To run the application in a test environment, you can use an embedded H2 database. This is useful for development and testing purposes.
+
+To build the project and run the application with the embedded H2 database, use the following commands:
+
+```sh
+mvn clean package
+mvn spring-boot:run
+```
+
+
+### Production
+
+The application requires a database to store the data. If MariaDB is already installed, make sure the database and
+credentials are correctly configured in `application-prod.properties` and skip to step [Build the project](#build-the-project).
+
+#### Set up database
+
+You can quickly start a database using Docker and update its schema using the provided `update-schema.sql` file.
+
+```sh
+docker run --name kickerelo-db -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=root -e MYSQL_DATABASE=kickerelo -p 3306:3306 -d mariadb:latest
+docker exec -i kickerelo-db mysql -u root -p kickerelo < update-schema.sql
+```
+
+
+#### Build the project
+
+To generate the file `target/kickerelo.jar`:
+
+```sh
+mvn clean package -Pproduction
+```
+
+### Run the application
+
+You can run the application in two ways:
+
+1. Using Maven:
+
+```sh
+mvn spring-boot:run -Dspring-boot.run.profiles=production
+```
+
+2. Using the built .jar file:
+
+```sh
+java -jar target/kickerelo.jar --spring.profiles.active=prod
+```