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 # Contributing to the Gandi CLi
 
+> We have decided not to continue to maintain the CLI project. The existing project will remain as-is. Anyone interested in taking over and forking the project can let us know and we can inform our users and/or link to it.
+>
+> If you have any questions, please feel free to [contact our team](https://help.gandi.net/en/contact/feedback).
+>
+> Sincerely,
+>
+> The Gandi.net team
+
 ## Topics
 
 * [Reporting Issues](#reporting-issues)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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 [![Pip Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/gandi.cli.svg)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/gandi.cli)
 [![Python Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/gandi.cli.svg)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/gandi.cli)
 
+**⚠️ DEPRECATION notice**:
+> Hello,
+>
+> We have decided not to continue to maintain the CLI project. The existing project will remain as-is. Anyone interested in taking over and forking the project can let us know and we can inform our users and/or link to it.
+>
+> If you have any questions, please feel free to [contact our team](https://help.gandi.net/en/contact/feedback).
+>
+> Sincerely,
+>
+> The Gandi.net team
+
+<hr/>
+
 Use `$ gandi` to easily create and manage web resources from the command line.
 
 * `$ gandi domain` to buy and manage your domain names