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 If you'd like to learn how lykin works, or how to build your own simple Scuttlebutt client application, please read the [lykin tutorial series](https://git.coopcloud.tech/glyph/lykin_tutorial).
 
+![Screenshot of a web UI with a green navigation topbar, a blue list of peers, an orange list of posts and a yellow post content view.](https://git.coopcloud.tech/glyph/lykin/src/branch/main/screenshots/lykin_gui.png)
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 ## Quickstart
 
 Prerequisites: a running instance of go-sbot (see the [installation guide](https://github.com/ssbc/go-ssb#installation)).
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