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 ## installation
 
+For the time being this product is considered alpha and not production ready, therefore I do not distribute binary versions yet, however feel free to build `gitui` and let me know what you think!
+
+### requirements
+
+install `rust`/`cargo`: https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install
+
+### build from source
+
 the simplest way to start playing around with `gitui` is to have `cargo` install it locally:
 
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