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# Development
## Overview
Before starting local development, read the [CONTRIBUTING] guide to understand
what changes are desirable and what general processes to use.
## Environments
The following instructions will guide you through the process of setting up a local development instance of Mastodon on your computer.
There are instructions for these environments:
- [Vagrant](#vagrant)
- [macOS](#macos)
- [Linux](#linux)
- [Docker](#docker)
- [Dev Containers](#dev-containers)
- [GitHub Codespaces](#github-codespaces)
Once completed, continue with the [Next steps](#next-steps) section below.
### Vagrant
A **Vagrant** configuration is included for development purposes. To use it,
complete the following steps:
- Install Vagrant and Virtualbox
- Install the `vagrant-hostsupdater` plugin:
`vagrant plugin install vagrant-hostsupdater`
- Run `vagrant up`
- Run `vagrant ssh -c "cd /vagrant && bin/dev"`
- Open `http://mastodon.local` in your browser
### macOS
To set up **macOS** for native development, complete the following steps:
- Install [Homebrew] and run:
`brew install postgresql@14 redis imagemagick libidn nvm`
to install the required project dependencies
- Use a Ruby version manager to activate the ruby in `.ruby-version` and run
`nvm use` to activate the node version from `.nvmrc`
- Start the database services by running `brew services start postgresql` and
`brew services start redis`
- Run `RAILS_ENV=development bin/setup`, which will install the required ruby gems and node
packages and prepare the database for local development
- Finally, run the `bin/dev` script which will launch services via `overmind`
(if installed) or `foreman`
### Linux
The Mastodon documentation has a [guide on installing Mastodon from source](https://docs.joinmastodon.org/dev/setup/#manual) on Linux.
### Docker
For production hosting and deployment with **Docker**, use the `Dockerfile` and
`docker-compose.yml` in the project root directory.
For local development, install and launch [Docker], and run:
```shell
docker compose -f .devcontainer/compose.yaml up -d
docker compose -f .devcontainer/compose.yaml exec app bin/setup
docker compose -f .devcontainer/compose.yaml exec app bin/dev
```
### Dev Containers
Within IDEs that support the [Development Containers] specification, start the
"Mastodon on local machine" container from the editor. The necessary `docker
compose` commands to build and setup the container should run automatically. For
**Visual Studio Code** this requires installing the [Dev Container extension].
### GitHub Codespaces
[GitHub Codespaces] provides a web-based version of VS Code and a cloud hosted
development environment configured with the software needed for this project.
[![Open in GitHub Codespaces](https://github.com/codespaces/badge.svg)][codespace]
- Click the button to create a new codespace, and confirm the options
- Wait for the environment to build (takes a few minutes)
- When the editor is ready, run `bin/dev` in the terminal
- Wait for an _Open in Browser_ prompt. This will open Mastodon
- On the _Ports_ tab "stream" setting change _Port visibility__Public_
## Next steps
- Once you have successfully set up a development environment, it will be available on http://localhost:3000
- Log in as the default admin user with the username `admin@mastodon.local` and the password `mastodonadmin`.
- Check out the [Mastodon docs] for tips on working with emails in development (you'll need this when creating new user accounts) as well as a list of useful commands for testing and updating your dev instance.
[codespace]: https://codespaces.new/mastodon/mastodon?quickstart=1&devcontainer_path=.devcontainer%2Fcodespaces%2Fdevcontainer.json
[CONTRIBUTING]: ../CONTRIBUTING.md
[Dev Container extension]: https://containers.dev/supporting#dev-containers
[Development Containers]: https://containers.dev/supporting
[Docker]: https://docs.docker.com
[GitHub Codespaces]: https://docs.github.com/en/codespaces
[Homebrew]: https://brew.sh
[Mastodon docs]: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/dev/setup/#working-with-emails-in-development