diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
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+addSbtPlugin("com.github.mpeltonen" % "sbt-idea" % "1.5.2")
+
+addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-assembly" % "0.11.2")
+
+addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt" % "sbt-native-packager" % "1.0.3")