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+cff-version: 1.2.0
+message: "If you use this software, please cite it as below."
+authors:
+- family-names: "Kröning"
+  given-names: "Martin"
+  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0622-4229"
+- family-names: "Lankes"
+  given-names: "Stefan"
+  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4718-2238"
+
+title: "The Hermit Loader"
+version: 0.5.4
+doi: 10.5281/zenodo.14640797
+date-released: 2024-12-10
+url: "https://github.com/hermit-os/loader"
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+[![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/228644911.svg)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14640796)
+
 # The Hermit Loader
 
 This project is a bootloader to run the [Hermit kernel](https://github.com/hermitcore/kernel) in different environments.