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 [![CII Best Practices](https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/projects/3538/badge)](https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/projects/3538)
 
 In a nutshell, Jenkins is the leading open-source automation server. 
-Built with Java, it provides over 1,700 [plugins](https://plugins.jenkins.io/) to support automating virtually anything, 
+Built with Java, it provides over 1,800 [plugins](https://plugins.jenkins.io/) to support automating virtually anything, 
 so that humans can spend their time doing things machines cannot.
 
 # What to Use Jenkins for and When to Use It