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-## See [the top-level repo README](../../#readme) and [wiki](../../wiki) for more information on consuming and contributing to EUI.
+<!-- Note: this README is what renders to our published NPM package, and should remain nice-looking & have useful links without repeating too much information from the top-level README -->
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+# Elastic UI Framework
+
+**The Elastic UI Framework is a collection of React UI components for quickly building user interfaces at Elastic.**
+
+## Resources
+
+- Check out our [full documentation site](https://eui.elastic.co), which contains many examples of components in the EUI framework aesthetic, and how to use them in your products.
+- [Our FAQ](https://github.com/elastic/eui#frequently-asked-questions) covers common usage questions — for other general questions regarding EUI, check out the [Discussions tab](https://github.com/elastic/eui/discussions).
+- For technical instructions and guidelines on usage and development, please [refer to our wiki](https://github.com/elastic/eui/tree/main/wiki).
+
+## License
+
+[Dual-licensed under Elastic v2 and Server Side Public License, v1][license]. See Elastic's [licensing FAQ][licensing-faq] for details.
+
+[license]: LICENSE.txt
+[licensing-faq]: https://www.elastic.co/pricing/faq/licensing#im-using-eui-or-elastic-charts-in-my-application-outside-of-kibana-how-does-this-affect-me