Papercups is an open-source live chat platform for businesses. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the process of installing Papercups on your Windows 11 computer.
Before we get started, you will need the following:
The first step is to download the Papercups repository from Github. You can download the latest version of Papercups by clicking here.
Once the download is complete, extract the contents of the downloaded zip file to a directory on your computer.
After downloading and extracting the Papercups repository, open Command Prompt or PowerShell and navigate to the directory where the Papercups repository is located.
Run the following command to install the dependencies required for Papercups:
npm install
Papercups requires you to set environment variables to run. Create a .env file in the root directory of the Papercups repository and copy the following environment variables:
DATABASE_URL=postgres://localhost:5432/papercups_dev
PORT=4000
SECRET_KEY_BASE=<your-secret-key>
Replace <your-secret-key> with a secure secret key for your application.
Papercups requires a PostgreSQL database to work. You can download and install PostgreSQL from the official website here.
After installing PostgreSQL, create a new database named papercups_dev. You can use any PostgreSQL client such as PgAdmin or psql to create the database.
Once you have installed the dependencies, set the environment variables, and created the database, you are ready to run Papercups.
Open Command Prompt or PowerShell and navigate to the directory where the Papercups repository is located.
Run the following command to start the application:
npm run start
If everything was successful, you should see a message in the console saying that the server is listening on port 4000.
Finally, to access the Papercups application, open your web browser and go to http://localhost:4000. You should now see the login screen for Papercups.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Papercups on your Windows 11 computer.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Papercups on Windows 11. We hope this tutorial has been helpful, and if you have any questions or issues, feel free to reach out to the Papercups community for support.
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