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## Install

For now you'll need rust installed, see [rustup](https://rustup.rs).

`cargo install aiken`

## Docs

For more information please see the [docs](https://txpipe.github.io/aiken).

## Roadmap

[see](https://txpipe.github.io/aiken/introduction.html#roadmap)

## Art Credit

We'd like to give a special thanks to [@nkz](https://twitter.com/nkzthecreator)
for creating the logo and giving us the idea to name the project aiken.

**Why the name Aiken?**

The name comes from [Howard Aiken](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_H._Aiken),
an American physicist and a pioneer in computing.
