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 > Directory listing HTML for go-ipfs gateways
 
+This repo is not be used standalone. It's used by the gateway code in go-ipfs. It'll be merged into the gateway package, once the gateway has been extracted from go-ipfs.
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 ![](http://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/Qmf82jUC9ZuoSTCNY55hyx3HmiDed3WnhFD5PC7CTSPmC2/cap.png)
 
 ## Contribute