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+# taggart
+
+a tui music tagger based on [tengri](https://codeberg.org/unspeaker/tengri) like
+[tek](https://codeberg.org/unspeaker/tek).
+
+## installation
+
+install with cargo from source:
+
+```
+cargo install --git https://codeberg.org/unspeaker/taggart
+```