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@@ -7,9 +7,16 @@ Frontend for a game jam site
 - Typescript (language)
 - Next.js (web framework)
 - Tailwind (css framework)
+- Lucide (icons)
+- Eslint (static code analysis)
+- Framer motion (animations)
+- React Toastify (toasts)
 
 ## Running for development
 
+Prerequisites:
+- node.js or equivalent
+
 To start up the site locally for development you need to:
 
 1. Go to a spot you want to be the parent folder for where the folder for Jamjar goes (e.g. navigate to it in terminal)
@@ -25,4 +32,7 @@ NEXT_PUBLIC_MODE=DEV
 
 ## Running using docker
 
+Prerequisites:
+- docker
+
 If you want to start up the frontend using docker instead of what is above (either for development or for a production site) you can run `docker compose up --build -d` to build the image and then run it in the background