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+# ii
+
+This is my patched version of ii. The base version is directly from suckless.org.
+
+## Patches
+
+The list below shows the currently applied patches to the master branch.
+
+- ii-2.0-ssl.diff (adds SSL compatibility)
+
+## Installation
+
+The most basic way is to clone the repository and then invoke make.
+
+- `git clone https://github.com/tiyn/ii`
+- `make clean install`