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      "Licence AGPL-3.0 (from the README badge and LICENSE file; not set in GitHub metadata). macOS 26 or newer, Apple silicon and Intel. The macOS 15 Sequoia cask is no longer maintained. The app is self-signed, so a DMG download needs one quarantine-clearing command. Pasting and snippet expansion need the Accessibility permission. Free; tipping via Polar is optional."
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    "This file was produced by the same build, from the same data, as the tesign.com item page. The text is editorial; the numbers are stored observations.",
    "null in the JSON means not observed — never zero. The Markdown writes [unconfirmed] for it.",
    "Star total = the value last checked on GitHub (stars_checked_at) + increases observed via GH Archive since. The 24h · 7d · 30d gains are GH Archive hourly events summed to the reference time (as_of). No score of ours.",
    "Reconstructed from archive data, not a live discovery.",
    "A summary, not legal advice."
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