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 # Welcome to DataJoint for Python!
 
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+  <td>PyPI</td>
+  <td>
+    <a href="https://pypi.org/project/datajoint/">
+      <img src="https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/datajoint?color=blue" alt="pypi release" />
+    </a>
+    <br>
+    <a href="https://pypi.org/project/datajoint/">
+      <img src="https://img.shields.io/pypi/dm/datajoint?color=yellow" alt="pypi downloads" />
+    </a>
+  </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>Conda Forge</td>
+  <td>
+    <a href="https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/datajoint">
+      <img src="https://img.shields.io/conda/vn/conda-forge/datajoint?color=brightgreen" alt="conda-forge release" />
+    </a>
+    <br>
+    <a href="https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/datajoint">
+      <img src="https://img.shields.io/conda/dn/conda-forge/datajoint?color=brightgreen" alt="conda-forge downloads" />
+    </a>
+  </td>
+</tr>
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+  <td>Since Release</td>
+  <td>
+    <a href="https://github.com/datajoint/datajoint-python/compare/latest...master">
+      <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/datajoint/datajoint-python/latest?color=red" alt="commit since last release" />
+    </a>
+  </td>
+</tr>
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+  <td>Test Status</td>
+  <td>
+    <a href="https://github.com/datajoint/datajoint-python/actions/workflows/development.yaml">
+      <img src="https://github.com/datajoint/datajoint-python/actions/workflows/development.yaml/badge.svg" alt="test status" />
+    </a>
+  </td>
+</tr>
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+  <td>Coverage</td>
+  <td>
+    <a href="https://coveralls.io/github/datajoint/datajoint-python?branch=master">
+      <img src="https://coveralls.io/repos/datajoint/datajoint-python/badge.svg?branch=master&service=github"/ alt="coverage">
+    </a>
+  </td>
+</tr>
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+	<td>Developer Chat</td>
+	<td>
+		<a href="https://datajoint.slack.com/">
+      <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/slack-datajoint-purple.svg" alt="datajoint slack"/>
+		</a>
+	</td>
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+  <td>License</td>
+  <td>
+    <a href="https://github.com/datajoint/datajoint-python/blob/master/LICENSE.txt">
+      <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/license/datajoint/datajoint-python" alt="LGPL-2.1" />
+    </a>
+  </td>
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+	<td>Citation</td>
+	<td>
+		<a href="https://doi.org/10.1101/031658">
+			<img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/DOI-10.1101/bioRxiv.031658-B31B1B.svg" alt="bioRxiv">
+		</a>
+    <br>
+    <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6829062">
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 DataJoint for Python is a framework for scientific workflow management based on
 relational principles. DataJoint is built on the foundation of the relational data
 model and prescribes a consistent method for organizing, populating, computing, and