Use this only if you do not want to use the devcontainer.

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System Requirements

  • Git
  • Node.js 24 to run the UI
  • Python 3.13 to run the backend
  • Docker to run Postgres, Redis, and MinIO locally
  1. Run the contributor bootstrap. It configures origin as your fork and upstream as dograh-hq/dograh, initializes the pipecat submodule, creates the Python venv, and copies the .env templates.
bash scripts/setup_fork.sh
  1. Activate the virtual environment:
source venv/bin/activate
  1. Ensure your local Node version is 24:
nvm use 24
  1. Install UI dependencies:
cd ui && npm install && cd ..
  1. Start the local Docker services:
docker compose -f docker-compose-local.yaml up -d
  1. Install Python requirements:
bash scripts/setup_requirements.sh --dev
  1. Start the backend services:
bash scripts/start_services_dev.sh
  1. Start the UI:
cd ui && npm run dev
  1. Open the application on http://localhost:3000.