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+> [!NOTE]
+>
+> Repo is archived due to not having maintainers - feel free to contact us if you want to take over maintenance.
+>
+> Otherwise, we might reintroduce trpc-openapi to the world as a paid package.
+> 
+> For now, look at https://www.npmjs.com/package/trpc-to-openapi for an alternative
+
+---
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 ![trpc-openapi](assets/trpc-openapi-readme.png)
 
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