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-## **Announcing $5000 grant funding in partnership with [UpRock](https://uprock.com) to build distributed uptime monitoring - check [our web page](https://checkmate.so) for funding ideas** 
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-![Frame 34](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4ecf2d6e-b3f9-47e9-9e31-b9cb8f3f00b9)
 
+<p align=center> <a href="https://trendshift.io/repositories/12443" target="_blank"><img src="https://trendshift.io/api/badge/repositories/12443" alt="bluewave-labs%2Fcheckmate | Trendshift" style="width: 250px; height: 55px;" width="250" height="55"/></a></p>
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 [![OpenSSF Best Practices](https://www.bestpractices.dev/projects/9901/badge)](https://www.bestpractices.dev/projects/9901)
 
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 <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>