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 ## Canonical source
 
-The cannonical source of GitLab Community Edition is [hosted on GitLab.com](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/).
+The canonical source of GitLab Community Edition is [hosted on GitLab.com](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/).
 
 ## Open source software to collaborate on code