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 Angel is a full-stack Web framework in Dart. It aims to
 streamline development by providing many common features
 out-of-the-box in a consistent manner.
+We are an application boilerplate and not the underlying framework library.
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 With features like the following, Angel is the all-in-one framework you should choose to build your next project:
 * [GraphQL Support](https://github.com/angel-dart/graphql)