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 Self hosted music listening statistics
 
+### Dependencies
+- PostgreSQL
+
+### Spotify Import Instructions (for testing and development):
+- Navigate to the muzi project root dir
+- Create a folder called "spotify-data"
+- Inside the new "spotify-data" folder create a folder called "zip"
+- Place all zip archives that you obtained from Spotify in this folder.
+- Ensure the PostgreSQL server is running locally on port 5432.
+- Run muzi.go
+- All Spotify tracks that have > 20 second playtime will congregate into the muzi PostgreSQL database
+
 ### plans:
 - Ability to import all listening statistics and scrobbles from lastfm, spotify, apple music
 - daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, lifetime presets for listening reports