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+# Acknowledgments
+
+We would like to thank the following projects, organizations, and individuals who have contributed to making Databuddy possible:
+
+## Open Source Projects
+
+Databuddy is built on the shoulders of giants. We are grateful to the maintainers and contributors of these excellent open source projects:
+
+### Core Framework & Runtime
+- [Next.js](https://nextjs.org/) - The React framework for production
+- [React](https://reactjs.org/) - A JavaScript library for building user interfaces
+- [Bun](https://bun.sh/) - Fast all-in-one JavaScript runtime
+- [TypeScript](https://www.typescriptlang.org/) - JavaScript with syntax for types
+- [Turborepo](https://turbo.build/repo) - High-performance build system for JavaScript and TypeScript monorepos
+
+### Database & Data Management
+- [PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org/) - The world's most advanced open source database
+- [ClickHouse](https://clickhouse.com/) - Fast open-source column-oriented database management system
+- [Drizzle ORM](https://orm.drizzle.team/) - TypeScript ORM for SQL databases
+- [Redis](https://redis.io/) - In-memory data structure store
+
+### UI & Styling
+- [Tailwind CSS](https://tailwindcss.com/) - A utility-first CSS framework
+- [Radix UI](https://www.radix-ui.com/) - Unstyled, accessible components for building design systems
+- [Phosphor Icons](https://phosphoricons.com/) - Flexible icon family for interfaces
+
+### API & Type Safety
+- [ORPC](https://orpc.dev/) - Type-safe RPC framework
+- [Elysia](https://elysiajs.com/) - Fast and friendly Bun web framework
+- [Zod](https://zod.dev/) - TypeScript-first schema validation
+
+### Development Tools
+- [Fumadocs](https://fumadocs.vercel.app/) - Documentation framework
+- [Ultracite](https://github.com/stackblitz/ultracite) - Advanced linting and formatting
+- [Prettier](https://prettier.io/) - Opinionated code formatter
+- [Tanstack Query](https://tanstack.com/query) - Powerful asynchronous state management
+
+### Utilities
+- [Day.js](https://day.js.org/) - Fast 2kB alternative to Moment.js
+- [nanoid](https://github.com/ai/nanoid) - A tiny, secure, URL-friendly unique string ID generator
+
+## Hosting & Infrastructure
+
+- [Vercel](https://vercel.com/) - Special thanks to Vercel for supporting Databuddy through their [OSS Program](https://vercel.com/oss)
+
+## Community
+
+- All our [contributors](https://github.com/databuddy-analytics/Databuddy/graphs/contributors) who have helped improve Databuddy
+- Everyone in our [Discord community](https://discord.gg/JTk7a38tCZ) for their feedback and support
+- Users who have reported bugs, suggested features, and helped test the platform
+
+## Inspiration
+
+Databuddy draws inspiration from privacy-focused analytics platforms and the broader open source analytics community:
+
+- [Plausible Analytics](https://plausible.io/) - For pioneering privacy-first web analytics
+- [Umami](https://umami.is/) - For showing what's possible with open source analytics
+- [PostHog](https://posthog.com/) - For their comprehensive approach to product analytics
+
+## Special Thanks
+
+- To all early adopters and beta testers who provided invaluable feedback
+- To the TypeScript and JavaScript communities for building an amazing ecosystem
+- To everyone who believes in privacy-first, open source alternatives to proprietary analytics platforms
+
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+
+If you've contributed to Databuddy and would like to be mentioned here, please open a PR or reach out to us!