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 * Status: **in active development**
 * Compatible with **js-ipfs versions <= 0.52** and **go-ipfs versions <= 0.6.0**
 
-***NOTE!*** *OrbitDB is **alpha-stage** software. It means OrbitDB hasn't been security audited and programming APIs and data formats can still change. We encourage you to [reach out to the maintainers](https://gitter.im/orbitdb/Lobby) if you plan to use OrbitDB in mission critical systems.*
+***NOTE!*** *OrbitDB is **alpha-stage** software. It means OrbitDB hasn't been security audited and programming APIs and data formats can still change. We encourage you to [reach out to the maintainers](https://app.element.io/#/room/#orbit-db:matrix.org) if you plan to use OrbitDB in mission critical systems.*
 
 This is the Javascript implementation and it works both in **Browsers** and **Node.js** with support for Linux, OS X, and Windows. LTS versions (even numbered versions 8, 10, etc) are supported.