# Discourse as Your First Rails App

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-your-first-rails-app/5751
**Category:** Blog
**Created:** [April 9, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-your-first-rails-app/5751 "2013-04-09T23:08:33Z")
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### Author: ![Kasper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kasper](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kasper)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2015, 4:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-your-first-rails-app/5751/102 "2015-03-08T16:35:33Z")

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I’ve done all the steps, and it is running. But how can I login as admin ? There is already an admin account, but I don’t know the password.

Edit: Nevermind, this guide worked for me on osx, and showed me how to create an admin account.

> [@Install Discourse on macOS for development](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-install-discourse-on-mac-os-x-for-development/15772/0):
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> warning This guide covers installation instructions for a macOS development environment, for production guides see: [Install Discourse in production with the official supported instructions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-discourse-in-production/142537) So you want to set up Discourse on macOS to hack on and develop with? We’ll assume that you don’t have Ruby/Rails/Postgres/Redis installed on your Mac. Let’s begin rocket ! Install Discourse Dependencies You will need the following packages on your system: [Git](http://git-scm.com/)[rbenv](https://github.com/sstephenson/rbenv) or [asdf](https://asdf-vm.com/guide/getting-started.html)[ruby-build](https://github.com/sstephenson/ruby-build)[Ruby](https://www.ruby-lang.org/) (latest s…

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