# Set up a local Discourse Development Environment?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-a-local-discourse-development-environment/182882
**Category:** Developer Guides
**Tags:** dev-install, how-to
**Created:** [March 11, 2021, 11:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-a-local-discourse-development-environment/182882 "2021-03-11T11:33:53Z")
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### Author: ![Discourse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/discourse/32/148734_2.png) [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2021, 11:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-a-local-discourse-development-environment/182882/1 "2021-03-11T11:33:53Z")

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So you want to set up Discourse locally to hack on and develop with?

This root guide links all the #dev-install guides for the various systems to setup Discourse locally on. If you want to add a guide to this list, be sure to tag it `dev-install` before editing this post to include it here.

_(If you want to install Discourse for production use, see [our install guide](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/docs/INSTALL.md))_

In no particular order, here are the install guides for setting Discourse up on your local environment:

- [Beginners Guide to Install Discourse on Ubuntu for Development](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-install-discourse-on-ubuntu-for-development/14727/)
- [Beginners Guide to Install Discourse on macOS for Development](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-install-discourse-on-macos-for-development/15772)
- [Beginners Guide to Install Discourse on Windows 10 for Development](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-install-discourse-on-windows-10-for-development/75149/)
- [Beginners Guide to Install Discourse for Development using Docker](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-install-discourse-for-development-using-docker/102009/)
- [Setting up Discourse for development on Fedora](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-discourse-for-development-on-fedora/163348)

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This document is version controlled - suggest changes [on github](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/docs/developer-guides/docs/02-development-environments/08-local-setup.md).