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+# current version of tesseract
+VITE_VERSION=0.1.0
+
+# where the api is hosted. this is usually left empty because the same server serves the web and the api
+VITE_API_URL=http://localhost:8080
+
+# the host name of where tesseract is deployed
+VITE_HOST_NAME=lycoris.lab