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Contributing / Development

Prerequisites

Bun runtime
Vercel CLI (for pulling environment variables)
PostgreSQL database
Typesense instance

Setup

Clone the repository:

bash

git clone https://github.com/basehub-ai/forums.git
cd forums

Install dependencies:

bash

bun install

Set up environment variables. Either link to Vercel project or create .env.local manually:

bash

# Option A: Pull from Vercel (requires access)
vc env pull .env.local

# Option B: Create manually with required variables (see Self-Hosting section)

Run database migrations:

bash

bun run db:generate

Start the development server:

bash

bun run dev

Scripts

Command	Description
`bun run dev`	Start development server
`bun run build`	Build for production
`bun run start`	Start production server
`bun run test`	Run tests
`bun run lint`	Lint and fix code
`bun run typecheck`	Type check
`bun run db:generate`	Generate database migrations

Self-Hosting

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Description
`DATABASE_URL`	Yes	PostgreSQL connection string
`TYPESENSE_API_KEY`	Yes	Typesense API key
`TYPESENSE_HOST`	Yes	Typesense host URL
`GITHUB_CLIENT_ID`	Yes	GitHub OAuth app client ID
`GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET`	Yes	GitHub OAuth app client secret
`GITHUB_TOKEN`	No	GitHub PAT for higher API rate limits
`REVALIDATE_SECRET`	No	Secret for cache revalidation webhook
`ADMIN_USER_EMAILS`	No	Comma-separated list of admin emails

Deploy to Vercel

Fork this repository
Import to Vercel
Configure environment variables
Deploy

Manual Deployment

Set up a PostgreSQL database
Set up a Typesense instance
Create a GitHub OAuth app
Configure all required environment variables
Build and run:

bash

bun run build
bun run start