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 # Public APIs [![Build Status](https://api.travis-ci.org/toddmotto/public-apis.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/toddmotto/public-apis)
 
-A collective list of free APIs for use in web development.
+A collective list of free APIs for use in software and web development.
 
 A public API for this project can be found [here](https://github.com/davemachado/public-api) - thanks to [DigitalOcean](https://www.digitalocean.com/) for helping us provide this service!