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 This is the open source version of Webviz, the browser-based rosbag analysis tool.
 
+Run `npm run docs` and then browse to http://localhost:8080/try. After a few moments the ui will load and bag files can be dragged in to be loaded. 
+
 This directory gets synced from a Cruise-internal directory into
 [http://github.com/cruise-automation/webviz/packages/webviz](http://github.com/cruise-automation/webviz/packages/webviz) and is hosted at
 [https://cruise-automation.github.io/webviz](https://cruise-automation.github.io/webviz/).