How to Install Pleroma on Windows 10

Pleroma is a free and open-source distributed social networking platform, that is compatible with Mastodon clients. In this tutorial, we'll learn how to install Pleroma on Windows 10 Operating System.

Prerequisites

1. A Windows 10 machine with internet connectivity.
2. Git Bash command line tool

Steps

1. Open Git Bash command line tool.

2. Install the required dependencies by executing the following command:

pacman -Sy curl tar gzip git openssh wget

3. Clone the Pleroma repository from GitHub to your local machine using the following command:

git clone https://git.pleroma.social/pleroma/pleroma.git

4. Navigate to the newly created Pleroma directory:

cd pleroma

5. Install Elixir by running the following command:

pacman -Sy elixir

6. Fetch the required dependencies by executing:

mix deps.get

7. Setup your instance by running this command:

mix pleroma.instance gen

8. Compile the code:

MIX_ENV=prod mix compile

9. Build the frontend assets:

npm install --prefix ./assets && npm run deploy --prefix ./assets

10. Migrate the database:

MIX_ENV=prod mix ecto.migrate

11. Start the server:

MIX_ENV=prod iex -S mix phx.server

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have learned how to install Pleroma on Windows 10. Pleroma is a powerful and flexible social networking platform that can be tailored to meet the needs of individual users and organizations. By following these steps, you’ll have a fully functional Pleroma instance up and running in no time!

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