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 [![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-1.1.0-blue.svg)](baradadb.nimble)
 [![Documentation](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-7_languages-blue.svg)](docs/index.md)
+[![Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/katehonz/barabaDB?style=social)](https://github.com/katehonz/barabaDB)
 
 ## Documentation
 
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 in a single engine with a unified query language (BaraQL). It compiles to a
 single 3.3MB binary with no runtime dependencies.
 
+⭐ Thank you to everyone who continues to star and support BaraDB on [GitHub](https://github.com/katehonz/barabaDB)!
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 > **Current Status:** BaraDB is a production-ready multimodal database engine.
 > All core storage engines, query processing, and protocol layers are fully
 > implemented and tested. See [Limitations](#current-limitations) below for