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 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/Microsoft/vscode.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/Microsoft/vscode)
 [![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/vuhlhg80tj3e2a0l?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/VSCode/vscode)
 [![Coverage Status](https://img.shields.io/coveralls/Microsoft/vscode/master.svg)](https://coveralls.io/github/Microsoft/vscode?branch=master)
+[![Gitter](https://img.shields.io/badge/chat-on%20gitter-blue.svg)](https://gitter.im/Microsoft/vscode)
 
 [VS Code](https://code.visualstudio.com) is a new type of tool that combines the simplicity of
 a code editor with what developers need for their core edit-build-debug cycle. Code