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 Nomad [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/hashicorp/nomad.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/hashicorp/nomad) [![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/hashicorp-nomad/Lobby](https://badges.gitter.im/hashicorp-nomad/Lobby.svg)](https://gitter.im/hashicorp-nomad/Lobby?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
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 -	Website: https://www.nomadproject.io
--	IRC: `#nomad-tool` on Freenode
 -	Mailing list: [Google Groups](https://groups.google.com/group/nomad-tool)
 
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