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+![Logo](docs/logo-30.png) i3: A tiling window manager
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+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/i3/i3.svg?branch=next)](https://travis-ci.org/i3/i3)
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+i3 is a tiling window manager for X11.
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+For more information about i3, please see [the project's website](https://i3wm.org/) and [online documentation](https://i3wm.org/docs/).
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+For information about contributing to i3, please see [CONTRIBUTING.md](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md).