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currentMenu: development
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## Project setup for development (Linux)

You must have `git`, `php`, `npm`, and `composer` installed.

```
git clone git@github.com:filegator/filegator.git
cd filegator
cp configuration_sample.php configuration.php
sudo chmod -R 777 private/
sudo chmod -R 777 repository/
composer install
npm install
npm run build
```

## Compiles and hot-reloads

The following command will launch backend and frontend on ports 8081 and 8080:

```
npm run serve
```
Once everything is ready visit: `http://localhost:8080`

## Run tests & static analysis

```
vendor/bin/phpunit
vendor/bin/phpstan analyse ./backend
```

## Deployment

Set the website document root to `/dist` directory. This is also known as 'public' folder.