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 3. Open `http://localhost:3443` in your browser.
 
-Got it 👍 — your README currently mentions “Authentication (optional)” but doesn’t explain how to actually enable it. Since you’ve got the `Environment` struct with `Authentication.Enabled`, `Users`, and the HMAC-based token signing/verification, we can add a **Setup Authentication** section that explains:
-
-- How to enable it in `config.yml`
-- How to generate bcrypt password hashes
-- How tokens are issued/verified
-- How to use them in requests
-
-Here’s an updated README with the new section added:
-
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-
-# whiskr
-
-![screenshot](.github/chat.png)
-
-whiskr is a private, self-hosted web chat interface for interacting with AI models via [OpenRouter](https://openrouter.ai/).
-
-## Features
-
-- Private and self-hosted (data stored in localStorage)
-- Supports any model available on your OpenRouter account
-- Real-time streaming responses
-- Edit, delete, or copy any message
-- Persistent settings for model, temperature, and other parameters
-- Full conversation control including clearing and modifying messages
-- Smooth UI updates with [morphdom](https://github.com/patrick-steele-idem/morphdom), selections, images, and other state are preserved during updates
-- Easy model selection:
-  - Tags indicate if a model supports **tools**, **vision**, or **reasoning**
-  - Search field with fuzzy matching to quickly find models
-  - Models are listed newest -> oldest
-- Reasoning effort control
-- Web search tools (set the `EXA_TOKEN` to enable):
-  - `search_web`: search via Exa in auto mode; returns up to 10 results with short summaries
-  - `fetch_contents`: fetch page contents for one or more URLs via Exa /contents
-- Structured JSON output
-- Statistics for messages (provider, ttft, tps and token count)
-- Import and export of chats as JSON files
-- **Authentication (optional)**
-
-## TODO
-
-- Image and file attachments
-
-## Built With
-
-**Frontend**
-- Vanilla JavaScript and CSS
-- [morphdom](https://github.com/patrick-steele-idem/morphdom) for DOM diffing without losing state
-- [marked](https://github.com/markedjs/marked) for Markdown rendering
-- [highlight.js](https://highlightjs.org/) for syntax highlighting
-- Fonts: [Inter](https://rsms.me/inter/) (UI), [Comic Code](https://tosche.net/fonts/comic-code) (code)
-- Icons: [SVGRepo](https://www.svgrepo.com/)
-- Color palette: [Catppuccin Macchiato](https://catppuccin.com/)
-
-**Backend**
-- Go
-- [OpenRouter](https://openrouter.ai/) for model list and completions
-- [Exa](https://exa.ai/) for web search and content retrieval (`/search`, `/contents`)
-
-## Getting Started
-
-1. Copy `example.config.yml` to `config.yml` and set `tokens.openrouter`:
-```bash
-cp example.config.yml config.yml
-```
-2. Build and run:
-```bash
-go build -o whiskr
-./whiskr
-```
-3. Open `http://localhost:3443` in your browser.
-
 ## Authentication (optional)
 
 whiskr supports simple, stateless authentication. If enabled, users must log in with a username and password before accessing the chat. Passwords are hashed using bcrypt (12 rounds). If `authentication.enabled` is set to `false`, whiskr will not prompt for authentication at all.