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 [![Latest Stable Version](https://poser.pugx.org/robmorgan/phinx/version.png)](https://packagist.org/packages/robmorgan/phinx)
 [![Minimum PHP Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/php-%3E%3D%207.2-8892BF.svg)](https://php.net/)
 [![Total Downloads](https://poser.pugx.org/robmorgan/phinx/d/total.png)](https://packagist.org/packages/robmorgan/phinx)
-[![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/phinx-php/Lobby](https://badges.gitter.im/phinx-php/Lobby.svg)](https://gitter.im/phinx-php/Lobby)
 
 ## Intro