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+# Credits
+
+Noctalia Shell is made possible by the incredible work of many open-source projects and contributors.
+
+## Design & Branding
+
+- **MrDowntempo** - Creator of the Noctalia Owl and moon logo
+- **SaberJ2X** - Creator of Talia, the Noctalia mascot
+
+## Core Framework
+
+- **[Quickshell](https://github.com/outfoxxed/quickshell)** - The Qt/QML-based Wayland shell framework that powers Noctalia
+
+## Runtime Dependencies
+
+### System Integration
+- **[brightnessctl](https://github.com/Hummer12007/brightnessctl)** - Screen brightness control
+- **[wlsunset](https://sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/wlsunset/)** - Night light and blue light filter support
+- **[wl-clipboard](https://github.com/bugaevc/wl-clipboard)** - Wayland clipboard utilities
+- **[ddcutil](https://www.ddcutil.com/)** - External display brightness control (optional)
+- **[power-profiles-daemon](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/upower/power-profiles-daemon)** - Power profile management (optional)
+
+### Media & Audio
+- **[gpu-screen-recorder](https://git.dec05eba.com/gpu-screen-recorder/about/)** - Hardware-accelerated screen recording
+- **[Cava](https://github.com/karlstav/cava)** - Audio visualizer component (optional)
+
+### Theming & Appearance
+- **[Matugen](https://github.com/InioX/matugen)** - Material You color scheme generation from wallpapers
+- **[Inter Font](https://rsms.me/inter/)** - UI font family
+- **[Roboto](https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Roboto)** - Additional UI font family
+
+### Utilities
+- **[cliphist](https://github.com/sentriz/cliphist)** - Clipboard history support (optional)
+
+## Audio Assets
+
+- **[DrNI on Freesound](https://freesound.org/people/DrNI/sounds/34562/)** - Notification sound effect
+
+## Build Dependencies
+
+- **[Qt 6](https://www.qt.io/)** - Cross-platform application framework
+- **Git** - Version control and development
+
+## Special Thanks
+
+- The **Wayland** community for building the future of Linux desktop graphics
+- The **Niri**, **Hyprland**, **Sway**, and **MangoWC** teams for their excellent Wayland compositors
+- All the contributors and users who have helped make Noctalia better
+
+## License
+
+Noctalia Shell is licensed under the MIT License. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.
+
+Each dependency listed above is governed by its own respective license. Please refer to their individual projects for licensing information.