# Developing Discourse using a Dev Container
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/developing-discourse-using-a-dev-container/336366
**Category:** Developer Guides
**Created:** [November 15, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/developing-discourse-using-a-dev-container/336366 "2024-11-15T16:44:08Z")
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### Author:  [@Eviepayne](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Eviepayne)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2026, 3:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/developing-discourse-using-a-dev-container/336366/10 "2026-04-09T03:37:52Z")
For those who are not married to vscode, this is the process to do devcontainers with just the devcontainers cli.
Assuming you have devcontainers installed already:
# Build Container
```bash
git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse && cd discourse
devcontainer build
devcontainer up --workspace-folder .
devcontainer exec bash
```
Once inside the container you need to build the deps
```bash
pnpm install
bundle install
SKIP_MULTISITE=1 SKIP_TEST_DATABASE=1 bin/rake db:create db:migrate
DISCOURSE_DEV_ALLOW_ANON_TO_IMPERSONATE=1 bin/ember-cli -u > /dev/null 2>&1 &
```
> - Change /dev/null to a different file if you want logs
> - If you want to leave it running while disconnected from the shell run `disown`
# Access discourse
```bash
docker inspect | jq '.[0].NetworkSettings.Networks.bridge.IPAddress'
```
This will reveal the ipaddress assigned to the container.
In your browser open `http://:4200`
# Cleanup
To delete your devcontainer (the down/delete options are not developed)
Retrieve the name of the container
`docker ps`
stop and delete the container:
`docker stop && docker rm `
delete the volumes:
`docker volume rm discourse-node_modules discourse-pg discourse-redis`
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