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+#TLA+ Tools
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+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/hhu-stups/tlatools.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/hhu-stups/tlatools)
+
+Tools for TLA+ specifications and PlusCal algorithms, including the Toolbox, 
+an IDE for writing specifications and running tools to check them.
+
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+This CodePlex site hosts the source code for the TLA+ Toolbox and TLA+ Tools. 
+The executable versions of the code are available for download through a link on the 
+TLA+ web site at research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/lamport/tla/tla.html, 
+under the same M.I.T. license with which the source code has been released. 
+The TLAPS proof system can be downloaded from http://tla.msr-inria.inria.fr/tlaps/content/Home.html. 
+For information about TLA+, visit the TLA+ web site.
+Last edited Jul 29, 2013 at 7:26 PM by lamport, version 7