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   <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/nuxt"><img src="https://img.shields.io/npm/dt/nuxt.svg" alt="Downloads"></a>
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 > Nuxt.js is a minimalistic framework for server-rendered Vue applications (inspired by [Next.js](https://github.com/zeit/next.js))