From 1fb5d5a19d5e5b05e6bf75e50b7b01bf490de5e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: RustFS <hello@rustfs.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:04:46 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] docs: remove ROSS Index badge from README (#6514)

Drop the expired Q4 2025 Runa Capital badge from the English and Chinese project READMEs.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
---
 README.md    | 3 +--
 README_ZH.md | 3 +--
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0c4d78f7c..179867a7f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
 </p>
 
 <p align="center">
-<a href="https://trendshift.io/repositories/14181" target="_blank"><img src="https://trendshift.io/api/badge/repositories/14181" alt="rustfs%2Frustfs | Trendshift" style="width: 250px; height: 55px;" width="250" height="55"/></a> 
-<a href="https://runacap.com/ross-index/q4-2025/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img style="width: 260px; height: 55px" src="https://runacap.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ROSS_badge_white_Q4_2025.svg" alt="ROSS Index - Fastest Growing Open-Source Startups in Q4 2025 | Runa Capital" height="55" /></a>
+<a href="https://trendshift.io/repositories/14181" target="_blank"><img src="https://trendshift.io/api/badge/repositories/14181" alt="rustfs%2Frustfs | Trendshift" style="width: 250px; height: 55px;" width="250" height="55"/></a>
 </p>
 
 <p align="center">
diff --git a/README_ZH.md b/README_ZH.md
index db5405cc6..f20c23597 100644
--- a/README_ZH.md
+++ b/README_ZH.md
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
 
 
 <p align="center">
-<a href="https://trendshift.io/repositories/14181" target="_blank"><img src="https://trendshift.io/api/badge/repositories/14181" alt="rustfs%2Frustfs | Trendshift" style="width: 250px; height: 55px;" width="250" height="55"/></a> 
-<a href="https://runacap.com/ross-index/q4-2025/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img style="width: 260px; height: 55px" src="https://runacap.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ROSS_badge_white_Q4_2025.svg" alt="ROSS Index - Fastest Growing Open-Source Startups in Q4 2025 | Runa Capital" height="55" /></a>
+<a href="https://trendshift.io/repositories/14181" target="_blank"><img src="https://trendshift.io/api/badge/repositories/14181" alt="rustfs%2Frustfs | Trendshift" style="width: 250px; height: 55px;" width="250" height="55"/></a>
 </p>
 
 <p align="center">