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+### Pre-requisites {#prerequisites}
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+You can follow the [pre-requisites instructions from the production guide](https://docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/install/), but do not create a `mastodon` user. You also don't have to install `nginx`, `certbot` and `python-certbot-nginx` as the development environment brings its own webserver. Setting up and running a development environment has been proven successful over WSL2 as well if you are on Windows.
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 ### Setup {#setup}
 
 Run following commands in the project directory `bundle install`, `yarn install`.