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-# ide
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+  <img src="assets/readme-banner.png" alt="ide — a fast, lightweight, cross-platform code editor" width="800">
+</h1>
 
 A lean Tauri-based integrated development environment built for speed, local control, and agent-friendly editor context.
 
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