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      <p>
         <a href='https://lightrag.github.io'><img src='https://img.shields.io/badge/Project-Page-Green'></a>
         <a href='https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.05779'><img src='https://img.shields.io/badge/arXiv-2410.05779-b31b1b'></a>
-        <img src='https://img.shields.io/github/stars/hkuds/lightrag?color=green&style=social' />
+        <a href='https://discord.gg/mvsfu2Tg'><img src='https://discordapp.com/api/guilds/1296348098003734629/widget.png?style=shield'></a>
     </p>
      <p>
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         <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/python->=3.9.11-blue">
         <a href="https://pypi.org/project/lightrag-hku/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/lightrag-hku.svg"></a>
         <a href="https://pepy.tech/project/lightrag-hku"><img src="https://static.pepy.tech/badge/lightrag-hku/month"></a>
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 ## 🎉 News 
+- [x] [2024.10.17]🎯🎯📢📢We have created a [Discord channel](https://discord.gg/mvsfu2Tg)! Welcome to join for sharing and discussions! 🎉🎉
 - [x] [2024.10.16]🎯🎯📢📢LightRAG now supports [Ollama models](https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG?tab=readme-ov-file#quick-start)! 
 - [x] [2024.10.15]🎯🎯📢📢LightRAG now supports [Hugging Face models](https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG?tab=readme-ov-file#quick-start)!