How to Install Coral on Windows 11

Coral is an open-source commenting platform developed by The Coral Project. It has been designed to enhance comment sections on websites and make them safer, smarter and more civil. In this tutorial, we will discuss the steps required to install Coral on Windows 11.

Prerequisites

To install Coral on Windows 11, you need to have the following prerequisites.

• Windows 11 operating system
• Python 3.8 or higher
• Git command-line tool
• Pip package installer

Step 1: Install Python 3.8 or higher

Visit the Python website and download the latest version of Python for Windows. Install Python by following the instructions provided during installation. Make sure you add the Python executable to your system path so that you can use it from any directory.

Step 2: Install Git

Visit the Git website and download the latest version of Git for Windows. Install Git by following the instructions provided during installation. Make sure you add the Git executable to your system path so that you can use it from any directory.

Step 3: Install Pip

Open a command prompt and run the following command to install Pip.

python get-pip.py

Alternatively, you can download the get-pip.py file from the Pip website and run it using Python.

Step 4: Clone the Coral repository

Open a command prompt and run the following command to clone the Coral repository.

git clone https://github.com/coralproject/talk.git

This will clone the entire Coral Talk repository to your local machine.

Step 5: Install Coral dependencies

Navigate to the talk directory by running the following command.

cd talk

Open a command prompt and run the following command to install Coral dependencies.

pip install -r requirements.txt

This will install all the required dependencies for Coral.

Step 6: Create a Coral configuration file

Navigate to the config directory by running the following command.

cd config

Copy the default.toml file to a new file called coral.toml.

copy default.toml coral.toml

Open the coral.toml file in a text editor and modify the settings according to your needs.

Step 7: Start Coral

Navigate to the talk directory by running the following command.

cd ..

Start Coral by running the following command.

python bin/runserver.py

This will start the Coral server. You can access it by opening your web browser and navigating to http://localhost:5000/.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and run Coral on Windows 11. Now you can enhance your commenting section by using this amazing commenting platform.

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