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 # Atom Shell [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/atom/atom-shell.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/atom/atom-shell)
 
 The Atom Shell framework lets you write cross-platform desktop applications
-using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. It is based on [node.js](http://nodejs.org) and
+using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. It is based on [io.js](http://iojs.org) and
 [Chromium](http://www.chromium.org) and is used in the [Atom
 editor](https://github.com/atom/atom).