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 [![Dependency Status](https://david-dm.org/atom/atom.svg)](https://david-dm.org/atom/atom)
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 Atom is a hackable text editor for the 21st century, built on [Electron](https://github.com/electron/electron), and based on everything we love about our favorite editors. We designed it to be deeply customizable, but still approachable using the default configuration.
 
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 ## Discussion
 
-* Discuss Atom on our [forums](https://discuss.atom.io/) or on [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/atom/atom/discussions)
+* Discuss Atom on [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/atom/atom/discussions)
 * Chat about Atom on our Slack team -- [instructions for joining](https://discuss.atom.io/t/join-us-on-slack/16638?source_topic_id=25406)