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 Open the application at <http://localhost:5001>.
 
+## Dependencies
+
+`python` dependencies are listed in `requirements.txt`
+
+`system` dependencies are:
+
+* `pandoc` >= `2.2.2`
+
 ## Use octomode on a server
 
 * configure the webserver to listen to the port of the flask application, for example with a subdomain