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-[![Translation status](https://hosted.weblate.org/widgets/discord-tickets/-/open-graph.png)](https://hosted.weblate.org/engage/discord-tickets/)
-
-https://www.prisma.io/docs/reference/database-reference/supported-databases
-
-![](https://static.eartharoid.me/k/22/08/02185801.png) - for user/create, slash/force-close, slash/claim, slash/release, and slash/move
-
-menu question max length cannot be higher than question options 
-
-ports <1024 require root
-
-- TODO: update notifications
+> **Warning**
+> 
+> This is the development branch, it may be unstable and may not work as expected.
+> 
+> *dev notes:*
+> - https://static.eartharoid.me/k/22/08/02185801.png - for user/create, slash/force-close, slash/claim, slash/release, and slash/move
+> - menu question max length cannot be higher than question options 
+> - ports <1024 require root
+> - TODO: update notifications
+> - TODO: user:create, force-close
+> - **likely to be rate limited by discord**: 
+> 
+> [![Deploy on Railway](https://railway.app/button.svg)](https://railway.app/new/template/eB6TkX?referralCode=Z3aYd2) 
 
 
-creation requires an interaction:
-- [x] /new -> category? -> topic or questions -> create
-- [ ] user:create(self) -> category? -> topic or questions -> create
-- [ ] user:create(staff) -> category? -> DM (channel fallback) button -> topic or questions -> create
-- [x] message:create(self) -> category? -> topic or questions -> create
-- [ ] ~~message:create(staff) -> category? -> DM (channel fallback) button -> topic or questions -> create~~
-- [x] DM -> guild? -> category? -> topic or questions -> create
-- [x] panel(interaction) -> topic or questions -> create
-- [ ] ~~panel(message) -> DM (channel fallback) button -> topic or questions -> create~~
+
+<div align="center">
+
+![bots](https://img.shields.io/badge/dynamic/json?color=5865F2&label=bots&query=clients.total&url=https%3A%2F%2Fstats.discordtickets.app%2Fapi%2Fv3%2Fcurrent&logo=discord&logoColor=white&style=flat-square)
+![tickets](https://img.shields.io/badge/dynamic/json?color=5865F2&label=tickets&query=tickets&url=https%3A%2F%2Fstats.discordtickets.app%2Fapi%2Fv3%2Fcurrent&logo=discord&logoColor=white&style=flat-square)
+[![GitHub stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/discord-tickets/bot?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/discord-tickets/bot/stargazers)
+[![Codacy](https://img.shields.io/codacy/grade/b974eb5f984c40868e07d82c968bd02d?logo=codacy&amp;style=flat-square)](https://www.codacy.com/gh/discord-tickets/bot/dashboard)
+[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/github/all-contributors/discord-tickets/bot?color=ee8449&style=flat-square)](https://github.com/discord-tickets/bot/blob/main/CONTRIBUTORS.md)
+[![Discord](https://img.shields.io/discord/451745464480432129?label=discord&amp;color=7289DA&amp;style=flat-square)](https://lnk.earth/discord)
+
+<br>
+
+![Discord Tickets](https://static.eartharoid.me/discord-tickets/logo/wordmark/gradient-by-eartharoid.png)
+
+**A free alternative to the premium and white-label plans of other ticket management bots.**
+
+<br>
+
+<a
+  href="https://www.producthunt.com/posts/discord-tickets?utm_source=badge-featured&utm_medium=badge&utm_souce=badge-discord&#0045;tickets"
+  target="_blank">
+<img
+	src="https://api.producthunt.com/widgets/embed-image/v1/featured.svg?post_id=321112&theme=light"
+	alt="Discord&#0032;Tickets - A&#0032;free&#0032;ticketing&#0032;solution | Product Hunt"
+	style="width: 250px; height: 54px;"
+	width="250"
+	height="54"
+  />
+</a>
+
+<br>
+
+---
+
+[![PebbleHost](https://img.eartharoid.me/insecure/rs:auto:180/plain/s3://eartharoid/sharex/21/10/pebblehost.webp)](https://pebble.host/discordtickets)
+
+<br>
+
+**[Partnered with PebbleHost](https://pebble.host/discordtickets)**
+
+<sub>for affordable bot hosting</sub>
+
+---
+
+<br>
+</div>
+
+## 📖 Contents
+
+- [📖 Contents](#-contents)
+- [✨ Features](#-features)
+  - [Want to learn more?](#want-to-learn-more)
+- [⚡ Getting started](#-getting-started)
+- [🤑 Sponsors](#-sponsors)
+- [🎖️ Contributors](#️-contributors)
+  - [🧰 Contributing](#-contributing)
+  - [🌎 Translating](#-translating)
+- [😕 Support](#-support)
+- [⭐ Star History](#-star-history)
+- [🥱 License](#-license)
+
+
+## ✨ Features
+
+- 📖 [**Documentation**](https://discordtickets.app/getting-started/) - comprehensive documentation and guides to help you get started
+- ⚙️ **Simple settings** - configure your bot with the included and easy-to-use dashboard
+- 🎨 **Highly customisable** - tweak features, colours, messages, and more to your liking
+- 🛸 **Modern features** - including slash commands, buttons, select menus, and modals
+- 🤖 **Automation** - ease your staff team's workload with configurable automation
+  - 🏷️ [**Tags**](https://v4--discordtickets.netlify.app/features/#tags) - resolve members' problems without escalating to tickets
+  - 🎫 **Tickets** - close inactive tickets automatically
+- ❓ **Context** - ask for a topic or up to 5 custom questions before creating a ticket, and see references to a message or previous ticket at a glance
+- 🗃️ **Organisation** - claim, release, move and transfer tickets between members and categories
+- 🌎 [**Internationalisation**](#-translating) - available in more than 10 languages
+- ⏱️ **Statistics** - analyse your staff members' performance
+- 🪓 **Battle-tested** - trusted by thousands of servers, with over [half a million tickets](https://stats.discordtickets.app/) created since 2019
+- 🐳 [**Docker**](https://discordtickets.app/self-hosting/installation/docker/) - reliable and quick deployment with Docker
+
+[*...and more!*](https://discordtickets.app/features/)
+
+### Want to learn more?
+
+**Visit [the website](https://discordtickets.app/) for more features, details, and screenshots**,
+or skip to the [full feature tour](https://discordtickets.app/features/).
+
+## ⚡ Getting started
+
+> *🙏 Please read the [documentation](https://discordtickets.app/self-hosting/installation/) before you start.*
+
+There are 3 ways to get started with Discord Tickets:
+
+- ☁️ [Add the public bot](https://discordtickets.app/public/) - instant setup, but branded *(great for testing)*
+- 😴 [Get a managed bot](https://discordtickets.app/managed/) - your own bot, hosted by me *(easy and cheap)*
+- 🧑‍💻 [Install your own bot](https://discordtickets.app/self-hosting/) - host it yourself *(⚠️ experience recommended)*
+
+**[Read the documentation](https://discordtickets.app/getting-started/)** for more information.
+
+> **Warning**
+> This button is here because it looks nice, but I will cry if you click it before reading the [documentation](https://discordtickets.app/getting-started/). :)
+
+[![Deploy on Railway](https://railway.app/button.svg)](https://railway.app/new/template/eB6TkX?referralCode=Z3aYd2)
+
+<!-- [![Open in StackBlitz](https://developer.stackblitz.com/img/open_in_stackblitz.svg)](https://stackblitz.com/github/discord-tickets/bot) -->
+
+## 🤑 Sponsors
+
+Discord Tickets is made possible by its sponsors:
+
+![Sponsors](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/eartharoid/sponsors/sponsorkit/sponsors.svg)
+
+Please consider sponsoring the project if it adds value to your business/community.
+
+**[Sponsor on GitHub](https://github.com/discord-tickets/bot/?sponsor=1)**, or
+
+[![Donate at ko-fi](https://www.ko-fi.com/img/githubbutton_sm.svg)](https://ko-fi.com/eartharoid)
 
 > **Note**
 >
-> test
+> Your logo will only appear here if you sponsor through GitHub Sponsors.
+> [Create an organisation](https://github.com/account/organizations/new?plan=free) if you want to use your business/community logo.
 
-> **Warning**
+## 🎖️ Contributors
+
+<!-- [![Contributors](https://contrib.rocks/image?repo=discord-tickets/bot)](https://github.com/discord-tickets/bot/graphs/contributors) -->
+
+Discord Tickets is made possible by all of the people listed in [CONTRIBUTORS.md](https://github.com/discord-tickets/bot/blob/main/CONTRIBUTORS.md).
+
+
+### 🧰 Contributing
+
+If you want to help translate, suggest a feature, submit a bug report,
+or contribute in any other way, please read the [contributing guidelines](https://github.com/discord-tickets/.github/blob/main//CONTRIBUTING.md).
+
+> **Note**
 >
-> test
+> You can add yourself to the list of contributors [here](https://github.com/discord-tickets/bot/issues/new/choose).
 
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-</picture> -->
+### 🌎 Translating
 
-## Contributing
+[![Translation status](https://hosted.weblate.org/widgets/discord-tickets/-/open-graph.png)](https://hosted.weblate.org/engage/discord-tickets/)
 
-https://commitlint.js.org/#/
+## 😕 Support
 
-huksy?
-eslint
-secret scan
+[![Discord](https://discordapp.com/api/guilds/451745464480432129/widget.png?style=banner4)](https://lnk.earth/discord)
 
-## Contributors
+## ⭐ Star History
 
-[![Contributors](https://contrib.rocks/image?repo=discord-tickets/bot)](https://github.com/discord-tickets/bot/graphs/contributors)
+<details>
+  <summary>Show graph</summary>
+  
+  [![Star History Chart](https://api.star-history.com/svg?repos=discord-tickets/bot&type=Date)](https://star-history.com/#discord-tickets/bot&Date)
+
+</details>
+
+## 🥱 License
+
+Discord Tickets by eartharoid™️ is licensed under the [GPLv3 license](https://github.com/discord-tickets/bot/blob/main/LICENSE).
+
+This is not an official Discord product. It is not affiliated with nor endorsed by Discord Inc.
+
+© 2023 Isaac Saunders
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