diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -16,16 +16,21 @@ If you start working on an issue, leave a comment to let others know. It is
 also a good idea to outline your approach to the problem in order to get
 feedback.
 
-## Installation
-
-* Clone the repo
-* Open Chrome
-* Go to chrome://extensions/
-* Enable developer mode (checkbox on the top right)
-* Click "Load unpacked extension..."
-* Point to the repo directory
-
 ## Developer Setup
+``
+npm install            # install dependencies
+npm start              # run
+``
+
+Some features, such as native notifications, will not work locally until you
+package for your platform:
+
+```
+npm run pack-staging   # build a packaged app dir in ./dist
+```
+```
+npm run dist-staging   # build installer (.dmg, .exe, or .deb)
+```
 
 For development, you should always be using the staging server.
 Registrations on the staging server are completely partitioned from the
@@ -33,8 +38,7 @@ production server that the mobile apps use. A production app from the Play
 store or iTunes is hard-coded to connect to the production server. If you wish
 to pair your phone and computer, or test sending between the browser and
 mobile, **you must build a mobile client that targets the staging server**
-(see below, under
-[Linking](#linking)).
+(see below, under [Linking](#linking)).
 
 ## Linking
 
@@ -42,7 +46,6 @@ mobile, **you must build a mobile client that targets the staging server**
 0. Build Signal for Android or iOS from source, and point its TextSecure service URL to `textsecure-service-staging.whispersystems.org`:
   - **on Android:** Replace the `SIGNAL_URL` value in [build.gradle](https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Android/blob/master/build.gradle)
   - **on iOS:** Replace the `textSecureServerURL` value in `TSConstants.h`(located in the SignalServiceKit pod)
-  
     This task is 1% search and replace, 99% setting up your build environment. Instructions are available for both
    the [Android](https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Android/blob/master/BUILDING.md)
    and [iOS](https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS/blob/master/BUILDING.md) projects.