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+# Inkscape Extensions
+
+This folder contains the stock Inkscape extensions, i.e. the scripts that
+implement some commands that you can use from within Inkscape. Most of
+these commands are in the Extensions menu.
+
+## Installation
+
+These scripts should be installed with an Inkscape package already (if you have 
+installed Inkscape). For packagers or people testing newer releases, you can 
+install the files into /usr/share/inkscape/extensions or 
+~/.config/inkscape/extensions .
+
+## Testing
+
+These extensions are designed to have good test coverage as well as python 2.7 
+and python 3.6 support.  
+Testing can be run using the setup.py command or pytest directly:
+
+    ./setup.py test
+    python2 -m pytest
+    python3 -m pytest
+
+The latest coverage report for master branch can be found at
+https://inkscape.gitlab.io/extensions/coverage/.
+
+## Testing Options
+
+Tests can be run with these options that are provided as environment variables:
+
+    FAIL_ON_DEPRECATION=1 - Will instantly fail any use of deprecated APIs
+    EXPORT_COMPARE=1 - Generate output files from comparisions. This is useful for manually checking the output as well as updating the comparison data.
+    NO_MOCK_COMMANDS=1 - Instead of using the mock data, actually call commands. This will also generate the msg files similar to export compare.
+    INKSCAPE_COMMAND=/other/inkscape - Use a different Inkscape (for example development version) while running commands. Works outside of tests too.
+    XML_DIFF=1 - Attempt to output an XML diff file, this can be useful for debugging to see differences in context.
+    DEBUG_KEY=1 - Export mock file keys for debugging. This is a highly specialised option for debuging key generation.
+
+## Extension description
+
+Each *.inx file describes an extension, listing its name, purpose,
+prerequisites, location within the menu, etc. These files are read by
+Inkscape on launch. Other files are the scripts themselves (Perl,
+Python, and Ruby are supported, as well as shell scripts).
+
+## Development
+
+Development of both the core inkex modules, tests and each of the extensions
+contained within the core inkscape extensions repository should follow these
+basic rules of quality assurance:
+
+ * Use pylint to ensure code is written consistantly
+ * Have tests so that each line of an extension is covered in the coverage report
+ * Not cross streams between extensions, so your extension should import from
+   a module and not from another extension.
+ * Use translations on text for display to users using get text.
+ * Should not require external programs to work (with some exceptions)
+
+Also join the community on chat.inkscape.org channel #inkscape_extensions with any
+doubts or problems.
+
+## Building Docs
+
+You may wish to compile to docs for use outside of the Inkscape docs, this can 
+be done with these commands:
+
+    sphinx-apidoc -F -o source inkex
+    ./setup.py build_sphinx -s source
+    firefox ./build/sphinx/html/inkex.html
+
+All documentation should be included INSIDE of each python module.
+
+The latest documentation for master branch can be found at
+https://inkscape.gitlab.io/extensions/documentation/.
+
+## License Requirements
+
+Only include extensions here which are GPL-compatible.  This includes
+Apache-2, MPL 1.1, certain Creative Commons licenses, and more.  See
+https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html for guidance.