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 Hackathon Starter [![Dependency Status](https://david-dm.org/sahat/hackathon-starter.png?theme=shields.io)](https://david-dm.org/sahat/hackathon-starter)
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-A boilerp1late for **Node.js** web applications.
+A boilerplate for **Node.js** web applications.
 
 **Live Demo**: http://hackathonstarter.herokuapp.com :octocat: