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 Thanks to [Jason Volk](https://github.com/jevolk), the playbook now supports the [Tuwunel](./docs/configuring-playbook-tuwunel.md) homeserver as an optional alternative to Synapse.
 
-Tuwunel is a fork of [conduwuit](./docs/configuring-playbook-conduwuit.md) written in Rust. Like [Continuwuity](./docs/configuring-playbook-continuwuity.md), it continues development on top of conduwuit's database format.
+Tuwunel is a fork of [conduwuit](./docs/configuring-playbook-conduwuit.md) written in Rust. The former conduwuit maintainer [endorses Tuwunel as conduwuit's successor](https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/pull/5200#issuecomment-4396211185). Like [Continuwuity](./docs/configuring-playbook-continuwuity.md), Tuwunel continues development on top of conduwuit's database format.
 
 Existing installations do **not** need to be updated. **Synapse is still the default homeserver implementation** installed by the playbook.
 
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 ## Migrating to Tuwunel
 
-[Tuwunel](configuring-playbook-tuwunel.md) is a fork of conduwuit which reads its database directly, so migration is possible. Please refer to [this section](./configuring-playbook-tuwunel.md#migrating-from-conduwuit) for details.
+[Tuwunel](configuring-playbook-tuwunel.md) is a fork of conduwuit, [endorsed as conduwuit's successor](https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/pull/5200#issuecomment-4396211185) by the former conduwuit maintainer. It reads conduwuit's database directly, so migration is possible. Please refer to [this section](./configuring-playbook-tuwunel.md#migrating-from-conduwuit) for details.
 
 ## Migrating to Continuwuity