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@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ released as open source in May 2014. The project was renamed from
 "xray" in January 2016. Xarray became a fiscally sponsored project of
 [NumFOCUS](https://numfocus.org) in August 2018.
 
+## Contributors
+
+Thanks to our many contributors!
+
+[![Contributors](https://contrib.rocks/image?repo=pydata/xarray)](https://github.com/pydata/xarray/graphs/contributors)
+
 ## License
 
 Copyright 2014-2019, xarray Developers