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 [![CircleCI](https://img.shields.io/circleci/project/github/filebrowser/frontend.svg?style=flat-square)](https://circleci.com/gh/filebrowser/frontend)
 [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/filebrowser-frontend.svg?style=flat-square)]()
 [![standard-readme compliant](https://img.shields.io/badge/readme%20style-standard-brightgreen.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/RichardLitt/standard-readme)
+[![Chat IRC](https://img.shields.io/badge/freenode-%23filebrowser-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23filebrowser)
 
 > This is an example file with default selections.