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 ## Disclaimers / important information
 
+Development of Droppy has been abandoned by its author, and its repository has been archived. Expect no future updates nor security fixes.
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 ## Configuration
 
 How to configure this app: a JSON configuration file with SSH. `/var/www/droppy/config/config.json`.