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     <a href="http://streamich.github.io/react-use">
       <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/demos-🚀-yellow.svg" alt="demos" />
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     <br />
     Collection of essential <a href="https://reactjs.org/docs/hooks-intro.html">React Hooks</a>.</em>
     <em>Port of</em> <a href="https://github.com/streamich/libreact"><code>libreact</code></a>.
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