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 [![][travis-img]][travis-url]
 [![][appveyor-img]][appveyor-url]
 [![][pkgeval-img]][pkgeval-url]
-[![][gitter-img]][gitter-url]
+[![project chat](https://img.shields.io/badge/zulip-join_chat-brightgreen.svg)](https://julialang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/236493-plots)
 [![][docs-img]][docs-url]
 [![Codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/JuliaPlots/Plots.jl/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/JuliaPlots/Plots.jl)