diff --git a/generate-index b/generate-index
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import hashlib
+import subprocess
+
+template = file('index.html.in', 'r').read()
+version = subprocess.Popen(['./youtube-dl', '--version'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
+data = file('youtube-dl', 'rb').read()
+md5sum = hashlib.md5(data).hexdigest()
+sha1sum = hashlib.sha1(data).hexdigest()
+sha256sum = hashlib.sha256(data).hexdigest()
+template = template.replace('@PROGRAM_VERSION@', version)
+template = template.replace('@PROGRAM_MD5SUM@', md5sum)
+template = template.replace('@PROGRAM_SHA1SUM@', sha1sum)
+template = template.replace('@PROGRAM_SHA256SUM@', sha256sum)
+file('index.html', 'w').write(template)