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+# DMARQ
+
+**DMARQ** is a modern, privacy-conscious DMARC monitoring and analysis platform built for professionals who want deep visibility into their email authentication posture — without giving up control or relying on third-party SaaS providers.
+
+🌐 [Live Demo (soon)](https://app.dmarq.org)  
+🔒 Self-hosted. Secure. Beautifully visual.  
+🛠️ Docker-deployable. Cloudflare-integrated.  
+📬 Aggregate & forensic report support.
+
+---
+
+## 💡 What is DMARQ?
+
+DMARQ ingests and visualizes DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance) reports — both aggregate and forensic — to help domain owners understand who is sending emails on their behalf and whether those messages are properly authenticated using SPF and DKIM.
+
+No more guessing. See which services are passing DMARC, which are failing, and how to fix them — all in one clear dashboard.
+
+---
+
+## ✨ Key Features
+
+### 📊 Dashboard & Reports
+- **DMARC Compliance Rate**: Track pass/fail rates over time
+- **Enforcement Rate**: Visualize policy strength and adoption
+- **Volume & Trends**: Identify traffic spikes and anomalies
+- **Top Sending Sources**: Detect unknown or unauthorized senders
+- **Forensic Reports**: Analyze failure samples (RFC 6591 support)
+
+### 🛡 DNS Record Health
+- Inspect **SPF**, **DKIM**, **DMARC**, **MX**, and **BIMI** records
+- Show which records are missing, broken, or invalid
+- Get **fix suggestions** tailored to your provider (e.g., Google, Microsoft)
+- 🔒 No automatic changes — all DNS updates require explicit confirmation
+
+### 🌐 Cloudflare Integration
+- Automatically discover domains in your Cloudflare account
+- Fetch and analyze relevant DNS records
+- Suggest missing or malformed entries
+- Track configuration changes over time (coming soon)
+
+### ⚙️ Web-Based Setup Wizard
+- Guided onboarding experience (no CLI setup required)
+- Store all configuration in a secure internal database
+- Seed config with environment variables for headless deployment
+
+### 🚨 Alerts & Notifications
+- Integration with [Apprise](https://github.com/caronc/apprise)
+- Email, Slack, webhook, and more
+- Alert on new failures, compliance drops, or unknown senders
+
+### 🔐 User Management
+- Built-in authentication via **FastAPI Users**
+- JWT-secured API endpoints
+- Admin dashboard access control
+
+---
+
+## 🚀 Getting Started
+
+You can deploy DMARQ in minutes using Docker Compose:
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/dmarq.git
+cd dmarq
+cp .env.example .env
+docker compose up --build
+```
+
+Then visit [http://localhost:8000](http://localhost:8000) to launch the config wizard and connect your inbox & Cloudflare account.
+
+---
+
+## 📦 Requirements
+
+- IMAP inbox for DMARC reports (e.g. `dmarc@yourdomain.com`)
+- Cloudflare API token (read access to zones and DNS)
+- Docker + Docker Compose
+- DMARC reporting enabled for your domain (via `rua=` and `ruf=`)
+
+---
+
+## 🧪 Status
+
+- ✅ DMARC aggregate & forensic report ingestion
+- ✅ Dashboard & alerting
+- ✅ Web-based config wizard
+- ✅ Docker-based deployment
+- 🔜 Rule-based alerts
+- 🔜 Multi-tenant support
+- 🔜 Self-updating DNS snapshot history
+
+---
+
+## 📘 License
+
+MIT License — you are free to use, modify, and host DMARQ for any purpose.
+
+---
+
+## 🤝 Contributing
+
+Pull requests are welcome! Please open an issue to discuss major features or design ideas before submitting code. Full contributing guide coming soon.
+
+---
+
+## 🛡 Why DMARQ?
+
+Unlike most commercial DMARC tools, DMARQ gives you:
+- 🔍 Full visibility without third-party access to your reports
+- 🧠 Intelligence-driven suggestions, not just raw data
+- 🎨 A beautiful, intuitive dashboard with real-time insights
+- 💻 Self-hosted flexibility with modern developer practices
+
+Let’s build better email security — together.