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# Development environment installation
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## Requirements
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The Zulip development environment can be installed on **macOS,
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Windows, and Linux** (Debian or Ubuntu recommended). You'll need at least **2GB
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of available RAM**.
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Installing the Zulip development environment requires downloading several hundred
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megabytes of dependencies, so you will need an **active, reasonably fast,
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internet connection throughout the entire installation processes.** You can
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[configure a proxy][configure-proxy] if you need one.
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## Recommended setup (Vagrant)
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**For first-time contributors, we recommend using the
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[Vagrant development environment][install-vagrant]**.
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This method creates a virtual machine (for Windows and macOS) or a
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Linux container (otherwise) inside which the Zulip server and all
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related services will run. Vagrant adds a bit of overhead to using the
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Zulip development server, but provides an isolated environment that is
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easy to install, update, and uninstall. It has been well-tested and
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performs well.
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## Advanced setup (non-Vagrant)
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Zulip also supports a wide range of ways to install the Zulip
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development environment:
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* On popular Linux platforms, you can **[install directly][install-direct]**.
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* On **other Linux/UNIX** distributions, you'll need to follow slightly different
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instructions to **[install manually][install-generic]**.
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Unfortunately, the only supported method to install on Windows is the [Vagrant
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method][install-vagrant].
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## Slow internet connections
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If you have a very slow network connection, however, you may want to
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avoid using Vagrant (which involves downloading an Ubuntu virtual
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machine or Linux container) and either
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[install directly][install-direct] (recommended), or use
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[the manual install process][install-generic] instead. These options
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only support Linux.
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An alternative option if you have poor network connectivity is to rent
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a cloud server and install the Zulip development environment for
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remote use. See the [next section][self-install-remote] for details.
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## Installing remotely
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The Zulip development environment works well on remote virtual
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machines. This can be a good alternative for those with poor network
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connectivity or who have limited storage/memory on their local
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machines.
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We recommend giving the Zulip development environment its **own
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virtual machine**, running one of
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[the supported platforms for direct installation][install-direct],
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with at least **2GB of memory**.
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If the Zulip development environment will be the only thing running on
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the remote virtual machine, we recommend installing
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[directly][install-direct]. Otherwise, we recommend the
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[Vagrant][install-vagrant] method so you can easily uninstall if you
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need to.
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## Next steps
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Once you've installed the Zulip development environment, you'll want
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to read these documents to learn how to use it:
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* [Using the development environment][using-dev-env]
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* [Testing][testing] (and [Configuring CI][ci])
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And if you've set up the Zulip development environment on a remote
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machine, take a look at our tips for
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[developing remotely][dev-remote].
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[dev-remote]: remote.md
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[install-direct]: ../development/setup-advanced.html#installing-directly-on-ubuntu-debian-centos-or-fedora
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[install-generic]: ../development/setup-advanced.html#installing-manually-on-unix
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[install-vagrant]: ../development/setup-vagrant.md
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[self-install-remote]: #installing-remotely
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[self-slow-internet]: #slow-internet-connections
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[configure-proxy]: ../development/setup-vagrant.html#specifying-a-proxy
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[using-dev-env]: using.md
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[testing]: ../testing/testing.md
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[ci]: ../git/cloning.html#step-3-configure-continuous-integration-for-your-fork
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