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-# rosterchirp 💬
-### *just another messaging app*
+# rosterchirp
 
 A modern, self-hosted team messaging Progressive Web App (PWA) built for small to medium teams. rosterchirp runs entirely in a single Docker container with no external database dependencies — all data is stored locally using SQLite.