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 # vue-select [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/sagalbot/vue-select.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/sagalbot/vue-select) [![Code Coverage](https://img.shields.io/codeclimate/coverage/github/sagalbot/vue-select.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codeclimate.com/github/sagalbot/vue-select) [![No Dependencies](https://img.shields.io/gemnasium/sagalbot/vue-select.svg?style=flat-square)](https://gemnasium.com/github.com/sagalbot/vue-select) ![MIT License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/sagalbot/vue-select.svg?style=flat-square) ![Current Release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/sagalbot/vue-select.svg?style=flat-square)
 
-> A native Vue.js component that provides similar functionality to Select2 without the overhead of jQuery. Vue-select has no JavaScript dependencies other than Vue, and is designed to mimic [Select2](https://github.com/select2/select2).
+> A native Vue.js component that provides similar functionality to Select2 without the overhead of jQuery.
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+Rather than bringing in jQuery just to use Select2 or Chosen, this Vue.js component provides similar functionality without the extra overhead of jQuery, while providing the same awesome data-binding features you expect from Vue. Vue-select has no JavaScript dependencies other than Vue, and is designed to mimic [Select2](https://github.com/select2/select2).
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 #### Features