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+**nvchecker** (short for *new version checker*) is for checking if a new version of some software has been released.
+
+nvchecker is now **in development**.
+
+Configuration Files
+===================
+
+The configuration files are in ini format. *Section names* is the name of the software. Following fields are used to tell nvchecker how to determine the current version of that software.
+
+See ``sample_config.ini`` for an example.
+
+Search in a Webpage
+-------------------
+Search through a specific webpage for the version string. This type of version finding has these fields:
+
+url
+  The URL of the webpage to fetch.
+
+encoding
+  (*Optional*) The character encoding of the webpage, if ``latin1`` is not appropriate.
+
+regex
+  A regular expression used to find the version string.
+
+  It can have zero or one capture group. The capture group or the whole match is the version string.
+
+  When multiple version strings are found, the maximum of those is chosen.
+
+Find with a Command
+-------------------
+Use a shell command line to get the version. The output is striped first, so trailing newlines do not bother.
+
+cmd
+  The command line to use. This will run with the system's standard shell (e.g. ``/bin/sh``).
+
+Other
+-----
+More to come. Send me a patch or pull request if you can't wait and have written one yourself :-)
+
+Dependency
+==========
+- Python 3
+- Tornado
+- All commands used in your configuration files
+
+Running
+=======
+To see available options:
+
+  ./nvchecker --help
+
+Run with one or more configuration files:
+
+  ./nvchecker config_file_1 config_file_2 ...