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+```
+  ____  ____  ____  _____
+ |     |     |        |   Freifunk
+ |____ |____ |____    |    Franken
+ |     |     |        |     Firmware
+ |     |     |        |      Tools
+```
+
+In this folder you will find tools which can help you
+hacking and building the firmware.
+
+
+## buildscript-bash-completion
+
+Just source this script or put it in your `/etc/bash_completion.d`
+It provides all options and parameters of the buildscript on tab.
+
+
+## dep-tree
+
+This script collects all fff-package dependencies. You can throw the
+output at the graphviz dot-tool to visualize the dependecies-tree. e.g.
+```
+dep-tree | dot -Tx11
+dep-tree | dot -Tpdf > dependencies.pdf
+```