# Please help, how do I install Discourse on macOS?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-help-how-do-i-install-discourse-on-macos/181247
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [February 26, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-help-how-do-i-install-discourse-on-macos/181247 "2021-02-26T17:25:32Z")
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### Author: ![anon82467725](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@anon82467725](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon82467725)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-help-how-do-i-install-discourse-on-macos/181247/2 "2021-02-26T22:03:55Z")

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I believe that you can only install Discourse on macOS for development purposes. Please correct me if I’m wrong though.

> [@Install Discourse on macOS for development](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-install-discourse-on-macos-for-development/15772):
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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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