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 If you're interested in helping us develop Discourse, please start with our **[Discourse Developer Install Guide](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/DEVELOPMENT.md)**, which includes instructions to get up and running in a development environment.
 
+### Requirements
+
+* PostgreSQL 9.1+
+* Redis 2+
+
 ### The quick and easy setup
 
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