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Author: adamw

README.md

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 [`akka-http`](https://doc.akka.io/docs/akka-http/current/index.html) is an Akka 
-module, originating from [spray.io](http://spray.io), for building *reactive* REST services with an elegant DSL.
+module, originating from [spray.io](http://spray.io), for building *reactive* REST services with an elegant DSL. 
+[`pekko-http`](https://pekko.apache.org/docs/pekko-http/current/) is an open-source fork of akka-http.
 
 `akka-http` is a great toolkit for building backends for single-page or mobile applications. In almost all apps there 
 is a need to maintain user sessions, make sure session data is secure and cannot be tampered with.
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 A [comprehensive FAQ](https://github.com/softwaremill/akka-http-session-faq) is available, along with code examples (in Java, but easy to translate to Scala) which answers many common questions on how sessions work, how to secure them and implement using akka-http.
 
+Each `akka-http-session` module for `akka-http` has a corresponding `pekko-http` module, with a different group id
+(see bottom of the readme).
+
 ## What is a session?
 
 Session data typically contains at least the `id` or `username` of the logged in user. This id must be secured so that a 
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 libraryDependencies += "com.softwaremill.akka-http-session" %% "jwt"  % "0.7.0" // optional
 ````
 
+For `pekko-http`:
+
+````scala
+libraryDependencies += "com.softwaremill.pekko-http-session" %% "core" % "0.7.0"
+libraryDependencies += "com.softwaremill.pekko-http-session" %% "jwt"  % "0.7.0" // optional
+````
+
 ## Updating
 
 Certain releases changed the client token encoding/serialization. In those cases, it's important to enable the appropriate
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 ## Copyright
 
-Copyright (C) 2016-2021 SoftwareMill [https://softwaremill.com](https://softwaremill.com).
+Copyright (C) 2016-2023 SoftwareMill [https://softwaremill.com](https://softwaremill.com).