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-  <a href="https://sqlmodel.tiangolo.com"><img src="https://sqlmodel.tiangolo.com/img/logo-margin/logo-margin-vector.svg#only-light" alt="SQLModel"></a>
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-</p>
-<p align="center">
-    <em>SQLModel, SQL databases in Python, designed for simplicity, compatibility, and robustness.</em>
-</p>
-<p align="center">
-<a href="https://github.com/fastapi/sqlmodel/actions?query=workflow%3ATest+event%3Apush+branch%3Amain" target="_blank">
-    <img src="https://github.com/fastapi/sqlmodel/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg?event=push&branch=main" alt="Test">
-</a>
-<a href="https://github.com/fastapi/sqlmodel/actions?query=workflow%3APublish" target="_blank">
-    <img src="https://github.com/fastapi/sqlmodel/actions/workflows/publish.yml/badge.svg" alt="Publish">
-</a>
-<a href="https://coverage-badge.samuelcolvin.workers.dev/redirect/fastapi/sqlmodel" target="_blank">
-    <img src="https://coverage-badge.samuelcolvin.workers.dev/fastapi/sqlmodel.svg" alt="Coverage">
-<a href="https://pypi.org/project/sqlmodel" target="_blank">
-    <img src="https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/sqlmodel?color=%2334D058&label=pypi%20package" alt="Package version">
-</a>
-</p>
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-**Documentation**: <a href="https://sqlmodel.tiangolo.com" target="_blank">https://sqlmodel.tiangolo.com</a>
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-**Source Code**: <a href="https://github.com/fastapi/sqlmodel" target="_blank">https://github.com/fastapi/sqlmodel</a>
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-SQLModel is a library for interacting with <abbr title='Also called "Relational databases"'>SQL databases</abbr> from Python code, with Python objects. It is designed to be intuitive, easy to use, highly compatible, and robust.
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-**SQLModel** is based on Python type annotations, and powered by <a href="https://pydantic-docs.helpmanual.io/" class="external-link" target="_blank">Pydantic</a> and <a href="https://sqlalchemy.org/" class="external-link" target="_blank">SQLAlchemy</a>.
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-## `sqlmodel-slim`
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-⚠️ Do not install this package. ⚠️
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-This package, `sqlmodel-slim`, does nothing other than depend on `sqlmodel`.
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-You **should not** install this package.
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-Install instead:
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-```bash
-pip install sqlmodel
-```
-
-This package is deprecated and will stop receiving any updates and published versions.
-
-## License
-
-This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT license.