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 [![Status](https://travis-ci.org/rstacruz/pnpm.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/rstacruz/pnpm "See test builds")
 [![Windows build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/i30tealekiaesltb/branch/master?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/zkochan/pnpm/branch/master)
+[![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/pnpm/pnpm](https://badges.gitter.im/pnpm/pnpm.svg)](https://gitter.im/pnpm/pnpm?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
 
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