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 Building kitty from source
 ==============================
 
+.. image:: https://travis-ci.org/kovidgoyal/kitty.svg?branch=master
+  :alt: Build status
+  :target: https://travis-ci.org/kovidgoyal/kitty
+
+
 |kitty| is designed to run from source, for easy hackability. Make sure
 the following dependencies are installed first.