Install Discourse on macOS for development

[Decorbuz]

Back in November, I ran into the same issue on my M1 iMac and managed to solve it thanks to a brilliant member here.

Can't start localhost server -- file was built for x86_64 which is not the architecture being linked (i386)

I’m glad this topic was bumped (purely by coincidence). I guess the issue has been around for a while and isn’t limited to Apple Silicon Macs. I was having the same issue on my M1 iMac following the same guide as you. @blake was awesome and managed to find a workaround for me. I was able to get it working on my m1 mac. I’m not exactly sure what the issue is, but this is a work around that you can use. From the first terminal tab run: bin/rails server --binding 127.0.0.1 From the…