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-# <img src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/56dabe5c-5c65-44d5-a36a-429c9fea0719" width="30" height="30"> Vocalinux
+<div align="center">
 
-#### Voice-to-text for Linux, finally done right!
+# <img src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/56dabe5c-5c65-44d5-a36a-429c9fea0719" width="36" height="36" alt="Vocalinux"> Vocalinux
 
-<!-- Project Status -->
-[![Status: Beta](https://img.shields.io/badge/Status-Beta-blue)](https://github.com/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux)
-[![GitHub release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux?include_prereleases)](https://github.com/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux/releases)
+**Voice-to-text for Linux, finally done right!**
+
+<!-- Badge rows ordered narrowest → widest (steps out into the hero) -->
+
+<!-- Values (narrow) -->
+[![Privacy: 100% offline](https://img.shields.io/badge/privacy-100%25%20offline-success)](https://github.com/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux#features)
+[![X11 & Wayland](https://img.shields.io/badge/display-X11%20%7C%20Wayland-lightgrey)](https://github.com/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux#features)
+[![PRs Welcome](https://img.shields.io/badge/PRs-welcome-brightgreen.svg)](CONTRIBUTING.md)
+
+<!-- Identity -->
+[![GitHub release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux)](https://github.com/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux/releases)
 [![License: GPL v3](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPLv3-blue.svg)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0)
+[![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/vocalinux)](https://pypi.org/project/vocalinux/)
+[![AUR](https://img.shields.io/aur/version/vocalinux)](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/vocalinux)
 
-
-<!-- Build & Quality -->
+<!-- Quality + social -->
 [![Vocalinux CI](https://github.com/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux/workflows/Vocalinux%20CI/badge.svg)](https://github.com/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux/actions)
-[![Platform: Linux](https://img.shields.io/badge/platform-Linux-lightgrey)](https://github.com/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux)
 [![Python 3.9+](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.9+-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
-[![Made with GTK](https://img.shields.io/badge/Made%20with-GTK-green)](https://www.gtk.org/)
 [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux)
+[![Twitter Follow](https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/jatinkrmalik?style=social)](https://x.com/intent/user?screen_name=jatinkrmalik)
 
-<!-- Tech & Community -->
-[![GitHub stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux)](https://github.com/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux/stargazers)
-[![GitHub forks](https://img.shields.io/github/forks/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux)](https://github.com/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux/network)
-[![GitHub watchers](https://img.shields.io/github/watchers/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux)](https://github.com/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux/watchers)
-[![Last commit](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux)](https://github.com/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux/commits)
-[![Commit activity](https://img.shields.io/github/commit-activity/m/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux)](https://github.com/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux/commits)
-[![Contributions welcome](https://img.shields.io/badge/contributions-welcome-brightgreen.svg)](CONTRIBUTING.md)
-[![GitHub issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux)](https://github.com/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux/issues)
+<!-- Distros (widest; base plate above the hero) -->
+[![Ubuntu](https://img.shields.io/badge/Ubuntu-22.04+-E95420?logo=ubuntu&logoColor=white)](docs/DISTRO_COMPATIBILITY.md)
+[![Debian](https://img.shields.io/badge/Debian-11+-A81D33?logo=debian&logoColor=white)](docs/DISTRO_COMPATIBILITY.md)
+[![Fedora](https://img.shields.io/badge/Fedora-39+-51A2DA?logo=fedora&logoColor=white)](docs/DISTRO_COMPATIBILITY.md)
+[![Arch](https://img.shields.io/badge/Arch-rolling-1793D1?logo=archlinux&logoColor=white)](docs/DISTRO_COMPATIBILITY.md)
+[![openSUSE](https://img.shields.io/badge/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-73BA25?logo=opensuse&logoColor=white)](docs/DISTRO_COMPATIBILITY.md)
+
+</div>
 
 ![Vocalinux Users](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e3d8dd16-3d4f-408c-b899-93d85e98b107)