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 ## Contributing
 All contributions are welcome just send a pull request.  Jackett's framework allows our team (and any other volunteering dev) to implement new trackers in an hour or two. If you'd like support for a new tracker but are not a developer then feel free to leave a request on the [issues page](https://github.com/Jackett/Jackett/issues).  It is recommended to use Visual Studio 2017 when making code changes in this project. You can download the community version for free [here](https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/).
 
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+## Building from source
+
+### Windows
+* Open the Jackett solution in Visual Studio 2017
+* Select Jackett.Console as startup project
+* Build/Start the project
+
+### Linux
+
+```bash
+sudo apt install mono-complete nuget msbuild # install build tools (debian/ubuntu)
+git clone https://github.com/Jackett/Jackett.git
+cd Jackett/src
+nuget restore Jackett.sln # prepare dependencies
+msbuild Jackett.Console/Jackett.Console.csproj /t:Build /p:Configuration=Debug # compile
+mono Jackett.Console/bin/Debug/JackettConsole.exe # run jackett
+```
+
 ## Screenshots
 
 ![screenshot](https://i.imgur.com/0d1nl7g.png "screenshot")