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+[project]
+name = "truenas-apps"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "TrueNAS Apps Catalog"
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+test = [
+    "pyyaml",
+    "psutil",
+    "pytest",
+    "pytest-cov",
+    "bcrypt",
+    "pydantic",
+]
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+packages = []
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"