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 # Firebase CLI [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/firebase/firebase-tools.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/firebase/firebase-tools) [![Coverage Status](https://img.shields.io/coveralls/firebase/firebase-tools.svg?branch=master&style=flat)](https://coveralls.io/r/firebase/firebase-tools) [![NPM version](https://badge.fury.io/js/firebase-tools.svg)](http://badge.fury.io/js/firebase-tools)
 
 These are the Firebase Command Line Interface (CLI) Tools. They can be used to: