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 [![Development Status](https://img.shields.io/badge/development%20status-alpha-orange.svg)]()
 [![License WarpX](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-BSD--3--Clause--LBNL-blue.svg)](https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause-LBNL.html)
 [![DOI](https://img.shields.io/badge/DOI-10.1016/j.nima.2018.01.035-blue.svg)](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2018.01.035)
+[![Gitter](https://badges.gitter.im/ECP-WarpX/community.svg)](https://gitter.im/ECP-WarpX/community?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge)
 
 ## Overview
 
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 In order to learn how to install and run the code, please see the online documentation:
 https://warpx.readthedocs.io
 
+To contact the developer, feel free to open an issue on this repo, or visit our Gitter room at https://gitter.im/ECP-WarpX/community?utm_source=share-link&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=share-link
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 ## Contributing
 
 Our workflow is described in [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).