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 # <img src="/images/home-title.png" alt="Dapr Docs" width=400>
 
 Welcome to the Dapr documentation site!
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-[v1.0-rc.1 is now available](https://github.com/dapr/dapr/releases/tag/v1.0.0-rc.1) to download and test as part of our upcoming v1.0 release. Visit the [v1.0-rc.1 docs](https://v1-rc1.docs.dapr.io/getting-started/install-dapr/#install-the-dapr-cli) to upgrade and try it out.
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