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+# Homelab
+
+This contains docker compose files for services that I typically run inside my
+network / homelab.
+
+Not all services are currently running or may be ones that I've just
+experimented with in the past.
+
+Each folder should have a brief `README` that gives further instructions on the
+individual service.