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 This project includes a server and a web-frontend for creating and downloading custom builds of ExplorViz.
 
+## Prerequisites
+You will need the following things properly installed on your computer.
+- Git
+- Node.js (with NPM)
+
 ## Installation (Generic)
 - git clone <repository-url> this repository
 - cd explorviz-downloader