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+  <img src="https://github.com/mozilla-neutrino/neutrino/raw/logo/neutrino.png" height="150" />
+</p>
+
+<p align="center">Create and build modern JavaScript applications with zero initial configuration and minimal fuss.</p>
+<p align="center"><a href="https://npmjs.org/package/neutrino"><img src="https://badge.fury.io/js/neutrino.svg"></a> <a href="https://david-dm.org/mozilla-neutrino/neutrino"><img src="https://david-dm.org/mozilla-neutrino/neutrino.svg"></a></p>
+---
+
+Neutrino is a helper tool which lets you build web and Node.js applications with shared
+configurations. It intends to make the process of initializing and building projects much simpler by
+providing minimal development dependencies. Neutrino uses Webpack to build both web and Node.js
+projects by providing complete build presets which can be shared across targets and projects. You
+can use neutrino base presets to get started building a variety of projects, create your own
+presets by extending the neutrino code presets to be shared across your own projects or even by the
+community. Presets can even be manipulated on a project-by-project basis to handle almost any build
+situation your preset doesn't cover.
+
+---
+
+## Features
+
+- Preset-based Webpack building with development and production support
+- Test web projects with Karma + Mocha, and Node.js projects with Mocha
+
+## Core Presets
+
+- [Web](https://github.com/mozilla-neutrino/neutrino-preset-web): Build modern, generic web applications
+- [Node.js](https://github.com/mozilla-neutrino/neutrino-preset-node): Build modern Node.js applications
+- [React](https://github.com/mozilla-neutrino/neutrino-preset-react): Build React-based web applications
+
+## Requirements
+
+- v3 (latest): Node.js v4+ and yarn
+- v2: Node.js v4+ and npm
+
+## Getting started
+
+Neutrino projects require 2 development dependencies: neutrino itself and a build configuration
+preset. Neutrino provides core presets for building generic web applications, Node.js, or React
+applications. If these presets do not meet your needs, feel free to use a community-provided preset
+or extend one of these presets to meet your needs.
+
+To get started using neutrino in your project, install neutrino and your preset as development
+dependencies. In this example, we want to build a React application:
+
+```sh
+npm install --save-dev neutrino neutrino-preset-react
+```
+
+With neutrino and your preset in place, modify the `scripts` in your package.json to use
+neutrino for building the project:
+
+```json
+{
+  "scripts": {
+    "start": "PORT=3000 neutrino start --preset neutrino-preset-react",
+    "test": "neutrino test --preset neutrino-preset-react",
+    "build": "neutrino build --preset neutrino-preset-react"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+By default, neutrino preset look for source code in `src/`, and tests in `test/`. Use your npm
+scripts to start building!
+
+```sh
+# Build the application in development mode
+yarn start
+
+# Build the application and run any tests
+yarn test
+
+# Build the application in production mode, outputting content to build/
+yarn run build
+```
+
+If you plan to use the same preset across all your script targets, you can add a `config` entry to
+your package.json to specify this:
+
+```json
+{
+  "config": {
+    "preset": "neutrino-preset-react"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "start": "PORT=3000 neutrino start",
+    "test": "neutrino test",
+    "build": "neutrino build"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+## Overriding presets
+
+Neutrino core presets provide a good baseline for developing a few different types of JavaScript
+applications by providing configuration for Webpack, ESLint, Karma, and Mocha. If you need to modify
+preset configuration, you can `require` the preset in your project and specify a new preset to
+neutrino with the changes.
+
+For example, let's say you have a project using the neutrino `web` preset, but now want to support
+building LESS files. Let's create a new custom preset in your project to handle this, e.g.
+`custom-preset.js`:
+
+```js
+// require the preset to change
+const preset = require('neutrino-preset-web');
+// also a using helper to deep-copy an object
+const clone = require('lodash.clonedeep');
+
+// Find the preset's CSS loader
+const cssLoader = preset.module.loaders.find(l => /css/.test(l.test));
+
+// Make a copy of the loader so we can use it for LESS loading, while still keeping normal
+// CSS loading
+const lessLoader = clone(cssLoader);
+
+// Change the files the loader uses to .less files
+lessLoader.test = /\.less$/;
+
+// Add the less-loader to this loader which handles LESS compilation
+lessLoader.loaders.push(require.resolve('less-loader'));
+
+// Add the new LESS loader to the preset
+preset.module.loaders.push(lessLoader);
+
+// re-export the modified preset
+module.exports = preset;
+```
+
+Now use your new preset in your package.json scripts:
+
+```json
+{
+  "scripts": {
+    "start": "neutrino start -p custom-preset.js"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+# Creating shareable presets
+
+Creating neutrino presets uses the same premise as modifying a preset, but with the addition that
+these can be published to npm and used in numerous projects. See the neutrino core presets for
+examples on how this is accomplished for tips on creating your own presets.
+
+## Contribute
+
+- Issue Tracker: [https://github.com/mozilla-neutrino/neutrino/issues](https://github.com/mozilla-neutrino/neutrino/issues)
+- Source Code: [https://github.com/mozilla-neutrino/neutrino](https://github.com/mozilla-neutrino/neutrino)
+- Code of Conduct: [Adapted from Rust CoC](https://www.rust-lang.org/conduct.html)
+
+## Support
+
+If you are having issues, please let us know.
+
+## License
+
+This project is licensed under the [Mozilla Public License v2.0](https://github.com/mozilla-neutrino/neutrino/blob/master/LICENSE)