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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
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-[![IRC #htop](https://img.shields.io/badge/IRC-htop-blue.svg)](https://webchat.freenode.net/#htop)
+[![IRC #htop](https://img.shields.io/badge/IRC-htop-blue.svg)](https://web.libera.chat/#htop)
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 [![Download](https://api.bintray.com/packages/htop/source/htop/images/download.svg)](https://bintray.com/htop/source/htop/_latestVersion)