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 ## dfDewey
-
 dfDewey is a digital forensics string extraction, indexing, and searching tool.
 
+### Requirements
+dfDewey currently requires bulk_extractor for string extraction.
+bulk_extractor can be downloaded here: https://github.com/simsong/bulk_extractor
+
+Elasticsearch and postgreSQL are also required to store extracted data.
+These can be installed separately or started in Docker.
+
+All other requirements can be installed using pip:
+`pip install -r requirements.txt`
+