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 OQS-OpenSSH is a fork of OpenSSH that adds quantum-safe key exchange and signature algorithms using [liboqs](https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/liboqs) for prototyping and evaluation purposes. This fork is not endorsed by the OpenSSH project.
 
+THIS PROJECT IS PRESENTLY INACTIVE. CONTRIBUTORS WANTED.
+
 - [Overview](#overview)
 - [Status](#status)
   * [Limitations and Security](#limitations-and-security)