# Setting up your environment • Pixelfed Documentation

# Setting up your environment

Download and install the pre-requisites, then run these commands.

Last modified Mon Nov 7, 2022

## Requirements [link]

- Git
- PHP
- Composer
- Node
- npm
- Database
  - MariaDB
  - MySQL
  - PostgreSQL
- Redis

## Development Setup [link]

For local/non-production use only.

    git clone https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed
    cd pixelfed
    composer install
    php artisan install
    php artisan serve

The development server will start on: http://localhost:8000