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+Note: Briar GTK is about to get replaced by [Briar Desktop](https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-desktop/) and therefore Briar Wrapper is no longer under development.
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 A wrapper library for Briar to run on Python platforms.
 It uses the
 [Briar REST API](https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar/blob/master/briar-headless/README.md)