# Installing Plugins in Discourse Development Install

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-plugins-in-discourse-development-install/70902
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [September 27, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-plugins-in-discourse-development-install/70902 "2017-09-27T22:16:37Z")
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### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-plugins-in-discourse-development-install/70902/12 "2017-09-28T22:10:07Z")

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If you have a “host”, then it doesn’t sound like you have a proper development environment… Typically a development environment would be running on your own computer.

You should really read the documentation in #howto:devs - but as people have said above it’s quite a complicated thing to get going. If you really want to try, start here:

> [@Contributing to Discourse development](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-development-contribution-guidelines/3823):
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> bookmark This guide is designed for those who wish to contribute to the Discourse open-source project, detailing the setup and conventions necessary for effective collaboration. person_raising_hand Required user level: While anyone can contribute code, you will need to be familiar with Ruby and JavaScript. Summary This documentation will cover the following: Setting up your development environment Understanding where to begin contributing Creating and working with Discourse plugins Co…

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