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 ### Quick deploy with Heroku
 [![Deploy](https://www.herokucdn.com/deploy/button.svg)](https://heroku.com/deploy)
 
+### Requirements
+| Requirement                                 | Version |
+| ------------------------------------------- | ------- |
+| [GCC 4.6](https://gcc.gnu.org) | `4.6+` |
+| [Node.js](http://nodejs.org)                | `8.0+`  |
+| [MongoDB](www.mongodb.com/) | `3.0+`  |
+
+> _Updating to the latest releases is recommended_.
+
+Run the following commands to check the current installed versions:
+
+```shell
+gcc --version
+node -v
+mongo --version
+```
+How to upgrade to latest releases:
+- GCC: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Upgrading_GCC
+- Node.js: https://nodejs.org/en/download/
+- MongoDB: https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/administration/install-community/
+
 ### Deploying locally
 Getting a local instance of Quill up and running takes less than 5 minutes! Start by setting up the database. Ideally, you should run MongoDB as a daemon with a secure configuration (with most linux distributions, you should be able to install it with your package manager, and it'll be set up as a daemon). Although not recommended for production, when running locally for development, you could do it like this