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+[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Eclipse%20Public%20License-blue.svg?style=for-the-badge)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/metabase/guacamaya/master/LICENSE)
+[![GitHub last commit](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/metabase/second-date?style=for-the-badge)](https://github.com/metabase/guacamaya/commits/)
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+[![Clojars Project](https://clojars.org/metabase/guacamaya/latest-version.svg)](https://clojars.org/metabase/guacamaya)
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+![Guacamaya logo](./assets/logo.png)
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+# Guacamaya
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+Guacamaya is a limited Clojure wrapper for [JSqlParser](https://github.com/JSQLParser/JSqlParser). Similar to its parrot
+namesake, it's intelligent, can be taught to speak SQL, and has many colors (supports many dialects).
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