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-A **fast** and **correct** HTTP implementation for Rust.
-
-> **Note**: hyper's [master](https://github.com/hyperium/hyper) branch is
-> currently preparing breaking changes. For the most recently *released* code,
-> look to the [0.14.x branch](https://github.com/hyperium/hyper/tree/0.14.x).
+A protective and efficient HTTP library for all.
 
 - HTTP/1 and HTTP/2
 - Asynchronous design
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 If you are looking for a convenient HTTP client, then you may wish to consider
 [reqwest](https://github.com/seanmonstar/reqwest).
-If you are not sure what HTTP server to choose, then you may want to consider [axum](https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum) or [warp](https://github.com/seanmonstar/warp), the latter taking a more functional approach.
-Both are built on top of this library.
+
+If you are not sure what HTTP server to choose, then you may want to consider
+[axum](https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum) or
+[warp](https://github.com/seanmonstar/warp), the latter taking a more functional
+approach. Both are built on top of this library.
 
 ## Contributing