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+A graphical database manager for BoltDB.
+
+QBolt allows you to graphically view and edit the content of Bolt databases.
+
+The project consists of two parts; a C binding (CGo) for the embeddable Bolt database engine, and a graphical interface built in C++/Qt that links to it.
+
+Written in C++ (Qt), Golang (CGo)
+
+=FEATURES=
+
+- Open existing database or create new database
+- Supports nested buckets
+- Create and edit keys
+- View database and bucket statistics
+- 100% Bolt compatibility via the real codebase
+- Tested working on both Windows and Linux
+
+=LICENSE=
+
+Content of `qbolt-x.x.x-tar.gz` is released under the ISC license.
+BoltDB is released under the MIT license.
+The Windows binary is released under LGPL-3+ owing to the static copy of Qt.
+
+=SEE ALSO=
+
+- BoltDB https://github.com/boltdb/bolt
+
+=CHANGELOG=
+
+2017-05-21 1.0.0
+- Initial public release