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+import setuptools
+
+with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
+    long_description = fh.read()
+
+setuptools.setup(
+    name="archivebox",
+    version="0.3.0",
+    author="Nick Sweeting",
+    author_email="git@nicksweeting.com",
+    description="The self-hosted internet archive.",
+    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
+    url="https://github.com/pirate/ArchiveBox",
+    packages=setuptools.find_packages(),
+    classifiers=[
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    ],
+)