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+# Frappé Gantt
+A simple, interactive, modern gantt chart library for the web
+
+![image](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/9355208/19997551/5bc597f2-a28d-11e6-809a-4cfa5fdf96d2.png)
+
+####View the demo [here](https://frappe.github.io/gantt).
+
+###Install
+```
+npm install frappe-gantt
+```
+
+###Usage
+Include it in your html:
+```
+<script src="frappe-gantt.js"></script>
+```
+
+And start hacking:
+```
+var gantt = new Gantt(
+  "#gantt",
+  [
+    {
+      start: "2016-10-04", end: "2016-10-10",
+      id: 0, name: "Explore ERPNext"
+    },
+    ...
+  ]
+});
+```
+
+If you want to contribute:
+
+1. Clone this repo.
+2. `cd` into project directory
+3. `npm install`
+4. `npm run dev`
+
+
+------------------
+Project maintained by [frappe](https://github.com/frappe)
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