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 # forge
 
-[![nimble shield](https://img.shields.io/github/v/tag/daylinmorgan/forge?filter=v*&logo=Nim&label=nimble&labelColor=black&color=%23f3d400)](https://nimble.directory/pkg/forge)
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 A basic toolchain to forge (cross-compile) your multi-platform `nim` binaries.
 
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 ## Acknowledgements
 
 Thanks to [Andrew Kelley](https://github.com/andrewrk) and the many `zig` [contributors](https://github.com/ziglang/zig/graphs/contributors).
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