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+This project includes a server and a web-frontend for creating and downloading custom builds of ExplorViz.
+
+## Installation (Generic)
+- git clone <repository-url> this repository
+- cd explorviz-downloader
+- npm install
+
+## Running
+- node .
+- Visit http://localhost:3000