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 A project to index all files in a subdirectory to make
 their contents searchable in a fast manner.
+
+The following filetypes are currently supported:
+- Raw Text File              (.txt)
+- Word                       (.docx)
+- PowerPoint                 (.pptx)
+- Excel                      (.xlsx)
+- Open Document Text         (.odt)
+- Open Document Presentation (.odp)
+- PDF                        (.pdf)
+
+## Building from Souce
+
+Just clone the repository and build it with `cargo`:
+
+```sh
+$ git clone https://git.nathanreiner.xyz/indexsearch
+$ cd indexsearch
+$ cargo build --release
+```
+
+The binary can be found under `./target/release/indexsearch`
+
+## How to Index A directory
+
+To generate a use the `-g` flag:
+
+```sh
+$ indexsearch -g index.idxs /path/to/directory
+```
+
+## Using the Index
+
+```sh
+$ indexsearch -s index.idxs word1 word2 ...
+```