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 # Skog
 
-Multiplatform mobile and desktop app framework for [Gren](https://gren-lang.org/).
+Cross-platform, mobile-first, native app framework for [Gren](https://gren-lang.org/).
+
+**Pre-alpha / proof-of-concept phase. Not ready for actual use.**
 
 ## Technical notes and references
 
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 ## Other stuff
 
-Skog is Norwegian for "forrest" :)
+Skog is Norwegian for "forest".
+This is alluding to:
+* Norway, the home country of [Robin](https://github.com/robinheghan), the creator of Gren.
+* Gren being a Norwegian word meaning "branch".
+* The multi-platform nature of the framework (many trees).