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 This project is actively mantained. But anyone and everyone is welcome to contribute.
 Please take a moment to review the [guidelines for contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
-Also you can become a mantainer. To do that please ping
+Also you can become a maintainer. To do that please ping
 [@tonyganch](https://github.com/tonyganch).
 
 ## Authors