diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,37 +1,21 @@
-<h1 align="center">
-  <img align="top" width="44" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wxt-dev/wxt/HEAD/docs/public/hero-logo.svg" alt="WXT Logo">
-  <span>WXT</span>
-</h1>
+<div align="center">
 
-<p align="center">
-  <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/wxt" target="_blank"><img alt="npm version" src="https://img.shields.io/npm/v/wxt?labelColor=black&color=%234fa048"></a>
-  <span> </span>
-  <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/wxt" target="_blank"><img alt="downloads" src="https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/wxt?labelColor=black&color=%234fa048"></a>
-  <span> </span>
-  <a href="https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/blob/main/LICENSE" target="_blank"><img alt="license | MIT" src="https://img.shields.io/npm/l/wxt?labelColor=black&color=%234fa048"></a>
-  <span> </span>
-  <a href="https://codecov.io/github/wxt-dev/wxt" target="_blank"><img alt="coverage" src="https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/wxt-dev/wxt?labelColor=black&color=%234fa048"></a>
-</p>
+# <img align="top" width="44" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wxt-dev/wxt/HEAD/docs/public/hero-logo.svg" alt="WXT Logo"> WXT
 
-<p align="center">
-  <span>Next-gen framework for developing web extensions.</span>
-  <br/>
-  <span>⚡</span>
-  <br/>
-  <q><i>It's like Nuxt, but for Web Extensions</i></q>
-</p>
+[![npm version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/wxt?labelColor=black&color=%234fa048)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/wxt)
+[![downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/wxt?labelColor=black&color=%234fa048)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/wxt)
+[![license | MIT](https://img.shields.io/npm/l/wxt?labelColor=black&color=%234fa048)](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/blob/main/LICENSE)
+[![coverage](https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/wxt-dev/wxt?labelColor=black&color=%234fa048)](https://codecov.io/github/wxt-dev/wxt)
 
-<p align="center">
-  <a href="https://wxt.dev/guide/installation.html" target="_blank">Get Started</a>
-  &bull;
-  <a href="https://wxt.dev/api/config.html" target="_blank">Configuration</a>
-  &bull;
-  <a href="https://wxt.dev/examples.html" target="_blank">Examples</a>
-  &bull;
-  <a href="https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/blob/main/packages/wxt/CHANGELOG.md" target="_blank">Changelog</a>
-  &bull;
-  <a href="https://discord.gg/ZFsZqGery9" target="_blank">Discord</a>
-</p>
+Next-gen framework for developing web extensions.<br/>⚡<br/><q><i>It's like Nuxt, but for Web Extensions</i></q>
+
+[Get Started](https://wxt.dev/guide/installation.html) •
+[Configuration](https://wxt.dev/api/config.html) •
+[Examples](https://wxt.dev/examples.html) •
+[Changelog](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/blob/main/packages/wxt/CHANGELOG.md) •
+[Discord](https://discord.gg/ZFsZqGery9)
+
+</div>
 
 ![Example CLI Output](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wxt-dev/wxt/HEAD/docs/assets/cli-output.png)
 
@@ -43,8 +27,6 @@
 
 Bootstrap a new project:
 
-<!-- automd:pm-x version="latest" name="wxt" args="init" -->
-
 ```sh
 # npm
 npx wxt@latest init
@@ -56,8 +38,6 @@ pnpm dlx wxt@latest init
 bunx wxt@latest init
 ```
 
-<!-- /automd -->
-
 Or see the [installation guide](https://wxt.dev/guide/installation.html) to get started with WXT.
 
 ## Features
@@ -79,17 +59,11 @@ Or see the [installation guide](https://wxt.dev/guide/installation.html) to get
 
 WXT is a [MIT-licensed](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/blob/main/LICENSE) open source project with its ongoing development made possible entirely by the support of these awesome backers. If you'd like to join them, please consider [sponsoring WXT's development](https://github.com/sponsors/wxt-dev).
 
-<a href="https://github.com/sponsors/wxt-dev"><img alt="WXT Sponsors" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wxt-dev/static/refs/heads/main/sponsorkit/sponsors.svg"></a>
+[![WXT Sponsors](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wxt-dev/static/refs/heads/main/sponsorkit/sponsors.svg)](https://github.com/sponsors/wxt-dev)
 
 ## Contributors
 
-<!-- automd:contributors author="aklinker1" license="MIT" github="wxt-dev/wxt" -->
-
 Published under the [MIT](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/blob/main/LICENSE) license.
 Made by [@aklinker1](https://github.com/aklinker1) and [community](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/graphs/contributors) 💛
-<br><br>
-<a href="https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/graphs/contributors">
-<img src="https://contrib.rocks/image?repo=wxt-dev/wxt" alt="GitHub stars over time" />
-</a>
 
-<!-- /automd -->
+[![WXT contributors](https://contrib.rocks/image?repo=wxt-dev/wxt)](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/graphs/contributors)