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 Chartify
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+![python] (https://img.shields.io/badge/Python-3.11-blue.svg)
+![CI] (https://github.com/spotify/chartify/workflows/Tox/badge.svg)
 
 Chartify is a Python library that makes it easy for data scientists to create charts.