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 **Requirements**
 
-- [Visual Studio](https://www.visualstudio.com/)
+- [ASP.NET Core](https://dot.net)
+- Recommended: [Visual Studio](https://www.visualstudio.com/)
 
 Open `bitwarden-core.sln`. After restoring the nuget packages, you can build and run the `Api` project.