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+## Project dependencies
+
+- Elixir 1.15
+- Erlang 24 or later
+- Rust (recent version)
+- protoc for protobufs version 3
+
+## Setup
+
+Some basic steps to setup the project and its dependencies.
+
+- Install [asdf](https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf) (curl is also required)
+    - Using git: `git clone https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf.git ~/.asdf`
+    - or, using paru, `paru -S asdf-vm`
+    - Add asdf to path: `source /opt/asdf-vm/asdf.{bash,zsh,fish}`, or `~/.asdf/asdf.{bash,zsh,fish}`
+- Install erlang
+    - `asdf plugin add erlang`
+    - `asdf install erlang 25`
+- Install elixir
+    - `asdf plugin add elixir`
+    - `asdf install elixir 1.15`
+- Install rust
+    - Optionally, set `CARGO_HOME` and `RUSTUP_HOME` to a XDG directory (e.g `~/.local/share/cargo` and `~/.local/share/rustup`)
+    - Arch: `pacman -S rustup` 
+    - Other: `curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh`
+    - Make sure to add `$HOME/.cargo/bin` (or `$CARGO_HOME`) to `PATH`
+    - `rustup toolchain install stable`
+    - `rustup default stable`
+    - `rustup component add clippy`
+    - `rustup component add rust-analyzer`
+    - `rustup component add rustfmt`
+- Install [protoc](https://grpc.io/docs/protoc-installation/) version 3
+    - Arch: `pacman -S protobuf`
+    - Debian: `apt install -y protobuf-compiler`
+- (Optional) Install [inotify-tools](https://github.com/inotify-tools/inotify-tools/wiki)
+    - Arch: `pacman -S inotify-tools`
+    - Debian: `apt install -y inotify-tools`
+- Setup elixir
+    - Install hex: `mix local.hex`
+    - `cd backend && mix escript.install hex protobuf`
+    - `asdf reshim`
+
+## Preparing for development
+
+### Backend
+
+- `cd backend`
+- Start the database: `docker-compose up -d`
+- `mix setup`
+- `mix phx.server`