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 # matterbridge
+[![Gitter](https://img.shields.io/gitter/room/nwjs/nw.js.svg)](https://gitter.im/42wim/matterbridge) [![Join the IRC chat at https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=matterbridgechat](https://img.shields.io/badge/IRC-matterbridgechat-green.svg)](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=matterbridgechat)   
 ![matterbridge.gif](https://s15.postimg.org/qpjhp6y3f/matterbridge.gif)
 
 Simple bridge between Mattermost, IRC, XMPP, Gitter, Slack, Discord, Telegram, Rocket.Chat, Hipchat(via xmpp) and Matrix with REST API.