@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Java standard library functionality is replaced with Zig equivalents:
 
 | Namespace      | Done | Total | Notes                       |
 |----------------|------|-------|-----------------------------|
-| clojure.core   | 635  | 706   | 90% — see skip list below   |
+| clojure.core   | 637  | 706   | 90% — see skip list below   |
 | clojure.test   | 32   | 39    | No spec integration         |
 | clojure.pprint | 9    | 26    | Core pprint + print-table   |
 | clojure.repl   | 11   | 13    | No spec, no Java reflection |
 
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ a native implementation targeting behavioral compatibility with Clojure.
 - **Single binary distribution** — `cljw build app.clj -o app`, runs without cljw installed
 - **Wasm FFI** — call WebAssembly modules from Clojure (523 opcodes including SIMD + GC)
 - **Dual backend** — bytecode VM (default) + TreeWalk interpreter (reference)
-- **835+ vars** across 16 namespaces (635/706 clojure.core)
+- **deps.edn compatible** — Clojure CLI subset (-A/-M/-X/-P, git deps, local deps)
+- **869+ vars** across 17 namespaces (637/706 clojure.core)
 
 ## Getting Started
 
@@ -46,6 +47,26 @@ zig build -Doptimize=ReleaseSafe  # Optimized build
 ./zig-out/bin/cljw                                   # Interactive REPL
 ```
 
+### deps.edn Projects
+
+```bash
+# Download dependencies (git deps require explicit -P)
+./zig-out/bin/cljw -P
+
+# Run with aliases
+./zig-out/bin/cljw -M:run                # Main opts
+./zig-out/bin/cljw -X:build              # Exec function
+./zig-out/bin/cljw -A:dev src/app.clj    # Extra paths
+./zig-out/bin/cljw -Spath                # Show classpath
+
+# Run tests
+./zig-out/bin/cljw test                  # Auto-discover test/
+./zig-out/bin/cljw test -A:test          # With alias
+```
+
+Supports `:local/root`, `:git/url`+`:git/sha`, `:deps/root`, transitive deps.
+No Maven/Clojars support (git deps and local deps only).
+
 ### Build a Standalone Binary
 
 ```bash
@@ -71,7 +92,7 @@ Known divergences are documented in [DIFFERENCES.md](DIFFERENCES.md).
 
 | Namespace          | Vars | Description                    |
 |--------------------|------|--------------------------------|
-| clojure.core       | 635  | Core language functions        |
+| clojure.core       | 637  | Core language functions        |
 | clojure.string     | 21   | String manipulation            |
 | clojure.math       | 45   | Math functions                 |
 | clojure.set        | 12   | Set operations                 |
@@ -87,6 +108,7 @@ Known divergences are documented in [DIFFERENCES.md](DIFFERENCES.md).
 | clojure.java.io    | 7    | File I/O (Zig-native)          |
 | clojure.java.shell | 5    | Shell commands (sh)            |
 | cljw.http          | 6    | HTTP server/client             |
+| cljw.wasm          | 17   | WebAssembly FFI                |
 
 ### Wasm FFI
 
@@ -136,7 +158,7 @@ Call WebAssembly modules directly from Clojure:
 - **Bytecode VM** — 75 opcodes, superinstructions, fused branch ops
 - **ARM64 JIT** — hot integer loop detection with native code generation
 - **Bootstrap cache** — core.clj pre-compiled at build time (~5ms restore)
-- **Zero-config projects** — auto-detect `src/`, `cljw.edn` optional
+- **deps.edn projects** — Clojure CLI compatible config (git deps, local deps, aliases)
 
 ## Project Structure
 
@@ -161,7 +183,7 @@ src/
 └── wasm/                       WebAssembly runtime (523 opcodes)
 
 bench/                          31 benchmarks, multi-language
-test/                           48 Clojure test files (43 upstream ports)
+test/                           74 Clojure test files (50 upstream ports)
 ```
 
 The [`.dev/`](.dev/) directory contains design decisions, optimization logs,
@@ -184,17 +206,17 @@ bash bench/run_bench.sh --bench=fib_recursive  # Single benchmark
 
 ```bash
 zig build test                  # 1,300+ Zig test blocks
-bash test/e2e/run_e2e.sh       # End-to-end tests
+bash test/e2e/run_e2e.sh       # End-to-end tests (6 wasm)
+bash test/e2e/deps/run_deps_e2e.sh  # deps.edn E2E tests (14)
 ```
 
-48 Clojure test files including 43 upstream test ports with 600+ deftests.
+74 Clojure test files including 50 upstream test ports with 600+ deftests.
 All tests verified on both VM and TreeWalk backends.
 
 ## Future Plans
 
 - **JIT expansion** — float operations, function calls, broader loop patterns
 - **Generational GC** — nursery/tenured generations for throughput
-- **Dependency management** — deps.edn compatible (git/sha deps)
 - **Persistent data structures** — HAMT/RRB-Tree implementations
 - **wasm_rt** — compile Clojure to run *inside* WebAssembly
 
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ bench/
   simd/                 # SIMD benchmark programs
 ```
 
-## Latest Clojure Results (2026-02-13)
+## Latest Clojure Results (2026-02-14)
 
 Apple M4 Pro, 48GB RAM, macOS 15. hyperfine 5 runs + 2 warmup.
 All times in milliseconds. These are **cold start** measurements (process
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ launch to exit) — languages with heavy runtimes (JVM, V8) pay startup cost.
 | tak                  | 7    | 13.2   | 33.6 | 24.2 | 21.0  | 1.7 | 2.9 | 2.0    |
 | arith_loop           | 5    | 60.7   | 54.5 | 25.2 | 21.4  | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.7    |
 | map_filter_reduce    | 7    | 13.0   | 35.9 | 23.7 | 21.4  | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.6    |
-| vector_ops           | 7    | 13.5   | 31.6 | 22.7 | 24.1  | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.3    |
+| vector_ops           | 6    | 13.5   | 31.6 | 22.7 | 24.1  | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.3    |
 | map_ops              | 5    | 12.8   | 30.8 | 22.3 | 18.7  | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.4    |
 | list_build           | 5    | 14.6   | 34.6 | 25.7 | 21.9  | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.5    |
 | sieve                | 6    | 12.2   | 35.8 | 24.4 | 23.8  | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.6    |
@@ -211,9 +211,9 @@ launch to exit) — languages with heavy runtimes (JVM, V8) pay startup cost.
 | lazy_chain           | 8    | 15.4   | 33.0 | 26.1 | 22.2  | 2.6 | 1.6 | 2.2    |
 | transduce            | 6    | 12.6   | 36.2 | 23.5 | 23.7  | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.9    |
 | keyword_lookup       | 12   | 19.4   | 37.0 | 27.4 | 23.9  | 1.6 | 0.0 | 4.9    |
-| protocol_dispatch    | 5    | 12.7   | 32.8 | 24.3 | 22.0  | 2.3 | 1.7 | 2.2    |
-| nested_update        | 12   | 12.6   | 32.9 | 24.0 | 23.7  | 0.2 | 1.3 | 3.1    |
-| string_ops           | 27   | 25.2   | 38.0 | 24.5 | 24.8  | 4.3 | 2.0 | 1.5    |
+| protocol_dispatch    | 7    | 12.7   | 32.8 | 24.3 | 22.0  | 2.3 | 1.7 | 2.2    |
+| nested_update        | 11   | 12.6   | 32.9 | 24.0 | 23.7  | 0.2 | 1.3 | 3.1    |
+| string_ops           | 25   | 25.2   | 38.0 | 24.5 | 24.8  | 4.3 | 2.0 | 1.5    |
 | multimethod_dispatch | 6    | 13.3   | 33.8 | 24.6 | 20.0  | 2.6 | 0.9 | 2.1    |
 | real_workload        | 10   | 13.6   | 37.1 | 24.7 | 26.6  | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.7    |
 
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ Measured as ReleaseSafe builds on ARM64 macOS.
 zwasm is **1/50th** the size of wasmtime and **1/100th** of wasmer.
 Full Wasm 3.0 support (all 9 proposals including GC) in 1.1 MB.
 
-## Latest Wasm Runtime Results (2026-02-13)
+## Latest Wasm Runtime Results (2026-02-14)
 
 CW's built-in Wasm runtime (zwasm, Register IR + ARM64/x86_64 JIT)
 vs 4 other Wasm runtimes. Apple M4 Pro, 48GB RAM.
 
@@ -877,3 +877,30 @@ entries:
       string_ops: {time_ms: 25, mem_mb: 20.5}
       multimethod_dispatch: {time_ms: 6, mem_mb: 10.8}
       real_workload: {time_ms: 9, mem_mb: 17.1}
+  - id: "69.0"
+    date: "2026-02-14"
+    reason: "Phase 69: deps.edn cleanup, cljw.edn removed, pre-v0.1.0 tag"
+    commit: "1046dd8"
+    build: ReleaseSafe
+    backend: vm
+    results:
+      fib_recursive: {time_ms: 19, mem_mb: 11.5}
+      fib_loop: {time_ms: 6, mem_mb: 11.6}
+      tak: {time_ms: 9, mem_mb: 11.5}
+      arith_loop: {time_ms: 5, mem_mb: 11.5}
+      map_filter_reduce: {time_ms: 7, mem_mb: 12.2}
+      vector_ops: {time_ms: 6, mem_mb: 16.7}
+      map_ops: {time_ms: 5, mem_mb: 15.6}
+      list_build: {time_ms: 6, mem_mb: 12.1}
+      sieve: {time_ms: 6, mem_mb: 15.1}
+      nqueens: {time_ms: 15, mem_mb: 22.6}
+      atom_swap: {time_ms: 5, mem_mb: 11.6}
+      gc_stress: {time_ms: 32, mem_mb: 17.3}
+      lazy_chain: {time_ms: 7, mem_mb: 11.6}
+      transduce: {time_ms: 6, mem_mb: 11.6}
+      keyword_lookup: {time_ms: 12, mem_mb: 11.6}
+      protocol_dispatch: {time_ms: 7, mem_mb: 11.6}
+      nested_update: {time_ms: 11, mem_mb: 16.7}
+      string_ops: {time_ms: 25, mem_mb: 21.3}
+      multimethod_dispatch: {time_ms: 6, mem_mb: 11.6}
+      real_workload: {time_ms: 10, mem_mb: 18.6}