From 7dedcca41d8f653f4e46efa7ba051f8f5c048f5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gorkem Cetin <167266851+gorkem-bwl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:47:27 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Revise README for contributor stats and project description

Updated the README to reflect recent achievements and contributions.
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 README.md | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f055f6f39..e8a17c4a1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,12 +32,13 @@
 
 <h1 align="center"><a href="https://bluewavelabs.ca" target="_blank">Checkmate</a></h1>
 
-<p align="center"><strong>An open source uptime and infrastructure monitoring application</strong></p>
+<p align="center"><strong>An open source uptime and infrastructure monitoring application</strong>
 
 [![Run on PikaPods](https://www.pikapods.com/static/run-button.svg)](https://www.pikapods.com/pods?run=checkmate)
 
-<img width="1703" height="1041" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0f4dcf38-9b42-4b84-8633-ff34778df1a8" />
 
+<img width="1703" height="1041" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0f4dcf38-9b42-4b84-8633-ff34778df1a8" />
+</p>
 <br>
 
 
@@ -207,9 +208,9 @@ Feel free to ask questions or share your ideas - we'd love to hear from you!
 <a id="contributing"></a>
 ## Contributing
 
-We are [Alex](http://github.com/ajhollid) (team lead), [Gorkem](http://github.com/gorkem-bwl/), [Aryaman](https://github.com/Br0wnHammer), [Mert](https://github.com/mertssmnoglu) and [Karen](https://github.com/karenvicent) helping individuals and businesses monitor their infra and servers.
+We are [Alex](http://github.com/ajhollid) (team lead), [Gorkem](http://github.com/gorkem-bwl/), [Aryaman](https://github.com/Br0wnHammer) and [Mert](https://github.com/mertssmnoglu) helping individuals and businesses monitor their infra and servers.
 
-We pride ourselves on building strong connections with contributors at every level. Despite being a young project, Checkmate has already earned 7000+ stars and attracted 90+ contributors from around the globe.
+We pride ourselves on building strong connections with contributors at every level. Despite being a young project, Checkmate has already earned almost 11K+ stars and attracted 150+ contributors from around the globe.
 
 Our repo is starred by employees from **Google, Microsoft, Intel, Cisco, Tencent, Electronic Arts, ByteDance, JP Morgan Chase, Deloitte, Accenture, Foxconn, Broadcom, China Telecom, Barclays, Capgemini, Wipro, Cloudflare, Dassault Systèmes and NEC**, so don’t hold back — jump in, contribute and learn with us!