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+tmate server side
+==================
+
+tmate-slave is the server side part of [tmate.io](http://tmate.io/).
+
+
+Contributions
+-------------
+
+Chef cookbook by [@jjasghar](https://github.com/jjasghar): [https://github.com/jjasghar/chef-tmate-slave](https://github.com/jjasghar/chef-tmate-slave)
+
+
+License
+--------
+
+MIT license.