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 If you want to run Umami locally for development purposes, you can follow these instructions.
 
+Prerequisites:
+
+* [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm)
+* Docker
+* Yarn
+
 1. Set correct Node version and install dependencies:
 
 ```bash