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@@ -1,19 +1,28 @@ # Fortran Package Manager -This is the repository of the Fortran Package Manager (*fpm*). If you are -looking for *fpm – packaging made simple* instead, see -[jordansissel/fpm](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm). - -Fortran Package Manager is an early prototype. You can use it to build and -package your Fortran projects, as well as to include supported Fortran -dependency projects. As a prototype, changes to *fpm*’s behavior and inputs may -occur as development continues. Please follow the -[issues](https://github.com/fortran-lang/fpm/issues) to contribute and/or stay -up to date with the development. As the prototype matures and we enter -production, we will do our best to stay backwards compatible. - -To report a bug report or suggest a feature, please read our -[contributor guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md). +Fortran Package Manager (fpm) is a package manager and build system for Fortran. +Its key goal is to improve the user experience of Fortran programmers. +It does so by making it easier to build your Fortran program or library, run the +executables, tests, and examples, and distribute it as a dependency to other +Fortran projects. +Fpm's user interface is modeled after [Rust's Cargo](https://crates.io/), +so if you're familiar with that tool, you will feel at home with fpm. +Fpm's long term vision is to nurture and grow the ecosystem of modern Fortran +applications and libraries. + +Fpm is an early prototype and is evolving rapidly. +You can use it to build and package your Fortran projects, as well as to use +existing fpm packages as dependencies. +Fpm's behavior and user interface may change as it evolves, however as fpm +matures and we enter production, we will aim to stay backwards compatible. +Please follow the [issues](https://github.com/fortran-lang/fpm/issues) to +contribute and/or stay up to date with the development. +Before opening a bug report or a feature suggestion, please read our +[Contributor Guide](CONTRIBUTING.md). + +Fortran Package Manager is not to be confused with +[Jordan Sissel's fpm](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm), a more general, +non-Fortran related package manager. ## Getting started |