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-### 🚧️ The master branch contains a work-in-progress rewrite. The old code can be found in the [1.x branch](https://github.com/johnfactotum/foliate/tree/1.x).
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 <img src="data/com.github.johnfactotum.Foliate.svg" align="left">
 
 # Foliate