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+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> If you are participating in Carbon Hack 24, please **don't submit your plugin to the if-unofficial-plugins repository**. This is a library of plugins for Impact Framework which are being migrated to new owners and will eventually be decomissioned. Please commit your plugin to your **own repository** and submit a link to your repo in your final submission for the hackaton. More info about building and publishing plugins [here](https://if.greensoftware.foundation/developers/how-to-build-plugins#step-5-publishing-your-plugin).
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 # Impact Framework - Unofficial Plugins
 
 ## Implementations