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+toxgui
+======
+
+For-fun Tox client that tries to follow the Tox UI mockup while running on all major systems.
+This GUI uses code from @nurupo's ProjectTox-Qt-GUI, in particular the "Core" Toxcore wrapper.
+However, it is not a fork.
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