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+# LibreHardwareMonitor
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/LibreHardwareMonitor/LibreHardwareMonitor.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/LibreHardwareMonitor/LibreHardwareMonitor)
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+Libre Hardware Monitor, home of the fork of Open Hardware Monitor
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+We will happily accept pull requests.