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 # Mealient
 
+## DEPRECATION
+
+Thank you for your interest in Mealient! This project is no longer maintained, so feel free to fork and develop it independently.
+
 ## DISCLAIMER
 
 This project is developed independently from the core Mealie project. It is NOT associated with the