Hello. I’m a developer that just recently discovered Discourse. I’m having trouble getting a local instance of Discourse to work on my Windows 11 machine. This local instance will be used to model and edit a custom theme for future development. Method 1: I tried using Docker Desktop, but the comma…

I'm having trouble installing a local Discourse instance on Windows 11

Falco (Falco) July 19, 2023, 1:28pm 2

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