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google/zx: Alive

No archive, rename, move or deprecation signal found.

Repository	google/zx
Last push	2026-11-05 (8 days ago)

Based on live GitHub data from 2026-11-14 09:08 UTC and our weekly dead/moved check of 2026-11-08.

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