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 ![](https://circleci.com/gh/jorilallo/atlas.svg?style=shield&circle-token=c0c4c2f39990e277385d5c1ae96169c409eb887a)
 
+Atlas is a modern wiki for your team build using React and Node.js.
+
 ## Installation
 
+Atlas requires following dependencies to work:
+
+- Postgres >=9.5
+- Redis
+- S3 bucket configured to support CORS uploads
+- Slack developer application
+
+To install and run the application:
+
  1. Install dependencies with `yarn`
  1. Register a Slack app at https://api.slack.com/apps
  1. Copy the file `.env.sample` to `.env` and fill out the keys
- 1. Run DB migrations `yarn sequelize -- db:migrate`
+   - Use `openssl rand -hex 32` to create `SEQUELIZE_SECRET`
+ 1. Run DB migrations `yarn sequelize db:migrate`
  1. Start the development server `yarn start`
 
 
@@ -25,3 +37,8 @@ Or to run migrations on test database:
 ```
 yarn sequelize db:migrate --env test
 ```
+
+
+## License
+
+Atlas is [BSD licensed](/blob/master/LICENSE).