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 :zap: *Formerly known as Atom Shell* :zap:
 
 The Electron framework lets you write cross-platform desktop applications
-using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. It is based on [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) and
+using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. It is based on [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) and
 [Chromium](http://www.chromium.org) and is used in the [Atom
 editor](https://github.com/atom/atom).