# Getting Started ## This documentation intends to explain how to get penpot application and run it locally. The simplest approach is using docker and docker-compose. ## Install Docker ## Skip this section if you alreasdy have docker installed, up and running. You can install docker and its dependencies from your distribution repositores with: ```bash sudo apt-get install docker docker-compose ``` Or follow installation instructions from docker.com; (for debian https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/debian/). Ensure that the docker is started and optionally enable it to start with the system: ```bash sudo systemctl start docker sudo systemctl enable docker ``` And finally, add your user to the docker group: ```basb sudo usermod -aG docker $USER ``` This will make use the docker without `sudo` command all the time. NOTE: probably you will need to relogin again to make this change take effect. ## Start penpot application ## You can create it from scratch or take a base from the [penpot repository][1] [1]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/penpot/penpot/develop/docker/images/docker-compose.yaml ```bash wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/penpot/penpot/develop/docker/images/docker-compose.yaml ``` And then: ```bash docker-compose -p penpotest -f docker-compose.yaml up ```