diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b0f6c68bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+= SFML - Simple and Fast Multimedia Library
+
+SFML is a simple, fast, cross-platform and object-oriented multimedia API. It provides access to windowing, graphics,
+audio and network.
+It is written in C++, and has bindings for various languages such as C, .Net, Ruby, Python.
+
+== Authors
+
+Laurent Gomila - main developer (laurent.gom@gmail.com)
+Marco Antognini - OS X developer (antognini.marco@gmail.com)
+
+== Download
+
+You can get the latest official release on {SFML website}[http://www.sfml-dev.org/download.php].
+You can also get the current development version from the {git repository}[https://github.com/LaurentGomila/SFML].
+
+== Install
+
+Follow the instructions of the {tutorials}[http://www.sfml-dev.org/tutorials/], there is one for each platform/compiler that SFML supports.
+
+== Learn
+
+There are several places to learn SFML:
+* The official {tutorials}[http://www.sfml-dev.org/tutorials/]
+* The online {API documentation} [http://www.sfml-dev.org/documentation/]
+* The community {wiki}[https://github.com/LaurentGomila/SFML/wiki/]
+* The community {forum}[http://www.sfml-dev.org/forum/]
+
+== Contribute
+
+SFML is an open-source project, and it needs your help to go on growing and improving.
+Don't hesitate to post suggestions or bug reports on the {forum}[http://www.sfml-dev.org/forum/],
+submit patches by e-mail, or post new bugs/features requests on the {task tracker}[https://github.com/LaurentGomila/SFML/issues/].
+You can even fork the project on github, maintain your own version and send us pull requests periodically to merge
+your work.