# Install Discourse for development using Docker

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-for-development-using-docker/102009>\
**Category:** Developer Guides\
**Tags:** docker, dev-install, how-to\
**Created:** [November 16, 2018, 9:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-for-development-using-docker/102009 "2018-11-16T09:40:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 4:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-for-development-using-docker/102009/95 "2020-02-03T04:45:25Z")

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So many of us are on the slow ring with zero issues. Games work, steam works everything works.

I do get the fear here, but it really is not a giant deal. Anyway if this is just too scary for you, I recommend a traditional VM like Hyper-V or VirtualBox. Install Docker in there and use our docker dev setup.

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