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 ![NetBox](docs/netbox_logo.png "NetBox logo")
 
-NetBox is an IP address management (IPAM) and data center infrastructure management (DCIM) tool. Initially conceived by the network engineering team at [DigitalOcean](https://www.digitalocean.com/), NetBox was developed specifically to address the needs of network and infrastructure engineers.
+NetBox is an IP address management (IPAM) and data center infrastructure
+management (DCIM) tool. Initially conceived by the network engineering team at
+[DigitalOcean](https://www.digitalocean.com/), NetBox was developed specifically
+to address the needs of network and infrastructure engineers.
 
-NetBox runs as a web application atop the [Django](https://www.djangoproject.com/) Python framework with a [PostgreSQL](http://www.postgresql.org/) database. For a complete list of requirements, see `requirements.txt`. The code is available [on GitHub](https://github.com/digitalocean/netbox).
+NetBox runs as a web application atop the [Django](https://www.djangoproject.com/)
+Python framework with a [PostgreSQL](http://www.postgresql.org/) database. For a
+complete list of requirements, see `requirements.txt`. The code is available [on GitHub](https://github.com/digitalocean/netbox).
 
 The complete documentation for NetBox can be found at [Read the Docs](http://netbox.readthedocs.io/en/stable/).
 
-Questions? Comments? Please subscribe to [the netbox-discuss mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/netbox-discuss), or join us on IRC in **#netbox** on **irc.freenode.net**!
+Questions? Comments? Please subscribe to [the netbox-discuss mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/netbox-discuss),
+or join us in the #netbox Slack channel on [NetworkToCode](https://slack.networktocode.com/)!
 
 ### Build Status
 
@@ -27,7 +33,9 @@ NetBox is built against both Python 2.7 and 3.5.  Python 3.5 is recommended.
 
 # Installation
 
-Please see [the documentation](http://netbox.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) for instructions on installing NetBox. To upgrade NetBox, please download the [latest release](https://github.com/digitalocean/netbox/releases) and run `upgrade.sh`.
+Please see [the documentation](http://netbox.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) for
+instructions on installing NetBox. To upgrade NetBox, please download the [latest release](https://github.com/digitalocean/netbox/releases)
+and run `upgrade.sh`.
 
 ## Alternative Installations