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Fortunes

Unix wisdom, modern delivery

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Fortunes is a Slack app that posts UNIX-inspired fortunes into channels. It can be scheduled for automatic posts or called on demand with a slash command. The service states it does not read channels or store user information. A public API is available for use in tooling, bots, and dashboards.

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