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 [![QPDF](logo/qpdf.svg)](http://qpdf.sourceforge.net)
 
 [![QPDF Build](https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/workflows/QPDF%20Build/badge.svg)](https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/actions)
+[![Total lgtm alerts](https://img.shields.io/lgtm/alerts/g/qpdf/qpdf.svg?logo=lgtm&logoWidth=18)](https://lgtm.com/projects/g/qpdf/qpdf/alerts/)
 [![Language grade on lgtm: C/C++](https://img.shields.io/lgtm/grade/cpp/g/qpdf/qpdf.svg?logo=lgtm&logoWidth=18)](https://lgtm.com/projects/g/qpdf/qpdf/context:cpp)
 
 This is the QPDF package.  Information about it can be found at http://qpdf.sourceforge.net.  The source code repository is hosted at GitHub: https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf.