Add deprecation warning
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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Cordova Registry
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-This repo contains a couchapp that allows `plugman` and `npm` to interact with the cordova registy databases. These files were copied from [npmjs](https://github.com/npm/npmjs.org/tree/master/registry) since `plugman` relies on `npm`.
+### :warning: Deprecated! This repo is no longer maintained. Use at your own risk :warning:
+---
+
+This repo contains a couchapp that allows `plugman` and `npm` to interact with the cordova registy databases. These files were copied from [npmjs](https://github.com/npm/npmjs.org/tree/master/registry) since `plugman` relies on `npm`.
For deploying this locally or remotely, please follow the [cordova-registy-web readme](https://github.com/apache/cordova-registry-web/blob/refactor/README.md).
