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 We will be using the lessons learnt in Invoice Ninja 4.0 to build a bigger better platform to work from. If you would like to contribute to the project we will gladly accept contributions for code, user guides, bug tracking and feedback! Please consider the following guidelines prior to submitting a pull request:
 
+# Quick Start
+
+Curently the client portal and API are of alpha quality, to get started:
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/invoiceninja/invoiceninja.git
+git checkout v2
+composer update
+npm i
+npm run production
+php artisan migrate:fresh --seed && php artisan db:seed --class=RandomDataSeeder
+```
+
+```
+Navigate to
+http://ninja.test:8000/client/login
+user: user@example.com
+pass: password
+```
 ## Contribution guide.
 
 Code Style to follow [PSR-2](https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-2/) standards.