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+# Synapse Documentation
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+This directory contains documentation specific to the `synapse` homeserver.
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+All matrix-generic documentation now lives in its own project, located at [matrix-org/matrix-doc](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc)
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+(Note:  some items here may be moved to [matrix-org/matrix-doc](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc) at some point in the future.)