From source

git clone git@github.com:outer-chat/outer-chat.git --recurse-submodules
cd outer-chat
npm ci

note

npm ci is used to install the dependencies from the package-lock.json file. Instead of the npm install command, it is faster and more reliable.

Now edit the .env file to match your configuration. (you can use the .env.example file as an example)

note

In the future, there will be a configuration file for the server and the client.
At the moment everything all user defined configuration will be fetched from the .env file.

Now you can start the server in developpement mode with :

npm run start:dev

Or in production mode with :

npm run build
npm run start:prod

note

If you do not want to setup a database, you can use the compose.yml file at the root of the project. It will launch a mongodb database. You can edit the env variables in the compose.yml file.