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+   intro
+
 
 
 Indices and tables
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+Introduction
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+
+Birdvisu is a library and a graphical app to visualize routing topologies of
+OSPF. It does not implement OSPF on its own, but rather exports current state
+from `BIRD`_ – that's where the name comes from.
+
+
+.. _BIRD: https://bird.network.cz