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 This repository holds data used to generate https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted
 
+**Status: [experimental](https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted-data/issues/11)**
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 ## Contributing
 
 Don't know where to start? Check issues labeled [`help wanted`](https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted-data/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22help+wanted%22), [`fix`](https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted-data/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Afix) and [`curation`](https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted-data/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Acuration).