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 # Crafatar [![travis](https://img.shields.io/travis/crafatar/crafatar/master.svg?style=flat-square)](https://travis-ci.org/crafatar/crafatar/) [![Coverage Status](https://img.shields.io/coveralls/crafatar/crafatar.svg?style=flat-square)](https://coveralls.io/r/crafatar/crafatar) [![Code Climate](https://img.shields.io/codeclimate/github/crafatar/crafatar.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codeclimate.com/github/crafatar/crafatar)
-[![IRC: esper.net](https://img.shields.io/badge/IRC-esper.net-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](https://webchat.esper.net/?channels=crafatar "#crafatar") [![dependency status](https://img.shields.io/david/crafatar/crafatar.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/crafatar/crafatar) [![devDependency status](https://img.shields.io/david/dev/crafatar/crafatar.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/crafatar/crafatar#info=devDependencies) [![docs status](https://inch-ci.org/github/crafatar/crafatar.svg?branch=master&style=flat-square)](https://inch-ci.org/github/crafatar/crafatar)
+[![dependency status](https://img.shields.io/david/crafatar/crafatar.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/crafatar/crafatar) [![devDependency status](https://img.shields.io/david/dev/crafatar/crafatar.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/crafatar/crafatar#info=devDependencies) [![docs status](https://inch-ci.org/github/crafatar/crafatar.svg?branch=master&style=flat-square)](https://inch-ci.org/github/crafatar/crafatar)
 
 
 <img alt="logo" src="lib/public/logo.png" align="right">
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 * You can [follow](https://twitter.com/crafatar) us on twitter
 * Open an [issue](https://github.com/crafatar/crafatar/issues/) on GitHub
-* You can [join IRC](https://webchat.esper.net/?channels=crafatar) in #crafatar on irc.esper.net.
 
 # Installation