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+# LAMEC
+
+The **LAMEC** API (**L**oad **A**I **M**odules, **E**nvironments, and **C**ontainers)
+is a tool that allows HPC developers and researches to share their configurations,
+setups and jobscripts of commonly used frameworks and libraries, so they can be
+used to generate up to date jobscripts.
+
+Check out our
+[website](https://apps.fz-juelich.de/jsc/lamec/index.php)
+to see what is systems and software are available.
+If you want to contribute or learn about the structure of out project, please
+read out
+[wiki](https://gitlab.jsc.fz-juelich.de/CoE-RAISE/FZJ/lamec-oa/-/wikis/LAMEC-Project-Overview).