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+# Nibasa Viewer
+
+A basic pure HTML+CSS gallery viewer in the vein of [PiGallery 2](https://bpatrik.github.io/pigallery2/) but meant to be compatible with somewhat old browsers.
+
+## User authentication.
+
+Currently there is no authentication at all because I don't need it. This is meant to be installed in a server with HTTP basic auth enabled if needed.