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 # Freeptcha
-Freeptcha is a completely free, open source and portable captcha generator.
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+Freeptcha is a completely free, open source and portable captcha generator.
+
+# Deploying locally for development
+To deploy a local instance, write a `.env`, install the packages and run `yarn dev`.
+
+Deploying to production is not supported (yet), but to run with the most optimizations,
+set `APP_DEBUG` to `false` in `.env`, and run the file directly: `node index.js`.
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