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Open Source Licenses & Credits

Taupe is built using the following open-source software and libraries. We are deeply grateful to the developers of these projects.

Frontend

• Font Awesome (Icons) - Licensed under the Font Awesome Free License (CC BY 4.0).
• Twemoji (Emoji graphics) - Licensed under CC-BY 4.0.
• Socket.IO (Real-time communication) - MIT License.

Backend (Node.js)

• Express (Web framework) - MIT License.
• Node.js (Runtime) - MIT License.
• Multer (File uploads) - MIT License.
• jsonwebtoken (Authentication) - MIT License.
• node:sqlite (Database) - Public Domain / MIT.
• sharp (Image processing) - Apache 2.0 License.
• selfsigned (TLS certificates) - MIT License.
• Helmet (Security headers) - MIT License.

Third-Party APIs

• Giphy API - Used for GIF search functionality.
• emojilib (Emoji keyword dictionary) - MIT License.

This product uses the Giphy API but is not endorsed or certified by Giphy. All emoji graphics are copyright Twitter, Inc. and other contributors.