title	Local Development
description	Steps to run the monorepo on your machine.

Local Development

Install dependencies:
```
pnpm install
```
Copy .env.example to .env and fill in the required secrets (including DATABASE_URI for the CMS database connection). If you have a Turborepo team, add your TURBO_TEAM and TURBO_TOKEN values to enable remote caching locally. Create matching secrets (TURBO_TEAM, TURBO_TOKEN) in the repository's GitHub Secrets so caching also works in CI.
Start PostgreSQL and Payload CMS. The Postgres image ships with default tables and policies defined in docker/postgres/01-init.sql:

  docker compose up -d cms postgres
  # or `docker-compose` if the Compose plugin isn't available

Once the CMS is running you can seed initial data with:

pnpm cms:seed

Run all apps in parallel:
```
pnpm turbo run dev --parallel
```
Open http://localhost:3000 in Chrome or any desktop browser to confirm the site loads.

Use Node.js 20+ and PNPM 9+ for best results.

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