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-[![Sonatype Nexus (Releases)](https://img.shields.io/nexus/r/org.kohsuke/github-api?server=https%3A%2F%2Foss.sonatype.org)](https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.kohsuke/github-api)
+# Java API for GitHub
+
+[![Sonatype Nexus (Releases)](https://img.shields.io/nexus/r/org.kohsuke/github-api?server=https%3A%2F%2Foss.sonatype.org)](https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.kohsuke/github-api)
+[![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/github-api/github-api](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/github-api/github-api?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
 
-Java API for GitHub
 
 See https://github-api.kohsuke.org/ for more details