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+# credits
+
+pasty uses several awesome open source libraries to provide the functionality it has. Here is a complete list of them.
+
+## Backend (Golang)
+
+* [alexedwards/argon2id](https://github.com/alexedwards/argon2id) (deletion token hashing) [**MIT**]
+* [fasthttp/router](https://github.com/fasthttp/router) (endpoint routing) [**BSD-3**]
+* [golang-migrate/migrate](https://github.com/golang-migrate/migrate) (SQL migrations) [**MIT**]
+* [jackc/pgx](https://github.com/jackc/pgx) (PostgreSQL driver) [**MIT**]
+* [johejo/golang-migrate-extra](github.com/johejo/golang-migrate-extra) (io/fs driver for golang-migrate) [**MIT**]
+* [joho/godotenv](https://github.com/joho/godotenv) (.env file loading) [**MIT**]
+* [minio/minio-go](https://github.com/minio/minio-go) (MinIO client) [**Apache-2.0**]
+* [ulule/limiter](https://github.com/ulule/limiter) (rate limiting) [**MIT**]
+* [valyala/fasthttp](https://github.com/valyala/fasthttp) (HTTP server) [**MIT**]
+* [mongodb/mongo-go-driver](https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-go-driver) (MongoDB driver) [**Apache-2.0**]
+
+## Frontend
+
+* [highlightjs/highlight.js](https://github.com/highlightjs/highlight.js) (code highlighting) [**BSD-3**]
+* [tabler/tabler-icons](https://github.com/tabler/tabler-icons) (icons) [**MIT**]
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+            <a class="button" title="View the credits" href="https://github.com/lus/pasty/blob/master/CREDITS.md" target="_blank">
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+                    <polyline points="9 14.2 9 21 12 19 15 21 15 14.2" transform="rotate(30 12 9)" />
+                </svg>
+            </a>
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