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-# Marketscrape
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+# Marketscrape
+Marketscrape is a user-friendly web scraper for Facebook Marketplace that utilizes AI to help users assess the value of each listing, and by providing real-time analysis and advanced machine learning algorithms, it empowers users to make informed purchasing decisions and find the best deals on Facebook Marketplace.
+
+## Installation
+Clone the repository
+```bash
+$ https://github.com/Marketscrape/marketscrape.git
+```
+
+### Local setup using Docker
+- First, install [docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/) and [docker-compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/).
+- Next, run the following command to start the container. 
+
+```bash
+$ docker compose up
+```
+
+Note that when you run it for the first time, it will download a docker image of size 4.5GB or so.
+
+- Finally, when your done running the project run the following command to shut down the containers.
+
+```bash
+$ docker compose down
+```