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
  1. Clone the Pleroma repository from GitHub to your local machine using the following command:
git clone https://git.pleroma.social/pleroma/pleroma.git
  1. Navigate to the newly created Pleroma directory:
cd pleroma
  1. Install Elixir by running the following command:
pacman -Sy elixir
  1. Fetch the required dependencies by executing:
mix deps.get
  1. Setup your instance by running this command:
mix pleroma.instance gen
  1. Compile the code:
MIX_ENV=prod mix compile
  1. Build the frontend assets:
npm install --prefix ./assets && npm run deploy --prefix ./assets
  1. Migrate the database:
MIX_ENV=prod mix ecto.migrate
  1. 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!