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-# Tonic
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   <img src="https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/276711044536074240/626229012343029780/tonic_ghbanner.png" alt="Vector">
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+A rust implementation of [gRPC], a high performance, open source, general
+RPC framework that puts mobile and HTTP/2 first.
+
+[gRPC]: https://grpc.io