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-See http://haxe.org
+![Haxe logo](http://haxe.org/img/haxe2/logo.png)
+# [Haxe - The Cross-Platform Toolkit](http://haxe.org)
+
+Haxe is an open source toolkit that allows you to easily build cross-platform tools and applications that target many mainstream platforms. The Haxe toolkit includes:
+
+ * **The Haxe programming language**, a modern, high-level, strictly-typed programming language
+ * **The Haxe cross-compiler**, a state-of-the-art, lightning-speed compiler for many targets
+ * **The Haxe standard library**, a complete, cross-platform library of common functionality
+
+Haxe allows you to compile for the following targets:
+
+ * C++
+ * C#
+ * Flash
+ * Java
+ * JavaScript
+ * NekoVM
+ * PHP
+
+You can try Haxe directly from your browser at http://try.haxe.org!
+
+For more information about Haxe, head to the [offical Haxe website](http://haxe.org).
+
+## License 
+
+The Haxe project has several licenses, covering different parts of the projects.
+
+ * The Haxe compiler is released under the GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.
+ * The Haxe libraries are released under a "two-clause" BSD license.
+ * The Neko runtime is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 or any later version.
+
+For the complete Haxe licenses, please see http://haxe.org/doc/license or doc/LICENSE.txt.
+
+## Installing Haxe
+
+The latest stable release is [Haxe v3.0](http://haxe.org/download). Pre-built binaries are available for your platform:
+
+ * **[Windows installer](http://haxe.org/file/haxe-3.0.0-win.exe)**
+ * **[OSX installer](http://haxe.org/file/haxe-3.0.0-osx-installer.dmg)**
+ * **[Linux 32-bit binaries](http://haxe.org/file/haxe-3.0.0-linux32.tar.gz)**
+ * **[Linux 64-bit binaries](http://haxe.org/file/haxe-3.0.0-linux64.tar.gz)**
+
+## Building from source
+
+ 1. Clone the repository using git. Be sure to initialize and fetch the submodules.
+
+        git clone git://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe.git
+        cd haxe
+        git submodule init
+        git submodule update
+
+ 2. Follow the [documentation on building Haxe for your platform](http://haxe.org/doc/build).
+
+## Using Haxe
+
+For information on on using Haxe, consult the [Haxe documentation]:
+
+ * [Haxe introduction](http://haxe.org/doc/intro), an introduction to the Haxe toolkit
+ * [Haxe language reference](http://haxe.org/ref), an overview of the Haxe programming language
+ * [Haxe API](http://haxe.org/api), a reference for the Haxe standard and native APIs
+ * [Haxelib](http://lib.haxe.org/), a repository of Haxe libraries for a variety of needs
+
+## Community
+
+The can get help and talk with fellow Haxers from around the world via:
+
+ * the [official Haxe Google Group](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/haxelang)
+ * the [Haxe IRC chatroom](http://unic0rn.github.io/tiramisu/haxe/), #haxe on chat.freenode.net