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 # nvim-hardline
+
+A statusline / bufferline for Neovim written in Lua. It is inspired by
+[vim-airline](https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline) but aims to
+be as light and simple as possible.
+
+This plugin in mainly for my own use.