How to Install Meetable on macOS

Meetable is a free and open-source event management application developed by the Indieweb community. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Meetable on macOS.

Prerequisites

• A macOS operating system
• Homebrew package manager installed on your system

Step 1: Install Ruby

Meetable is built with Ruby on Rails, and therefore, requires Ruby to be installed on your system. To install Ruby, open your terminal and enter the following command:

brew install ruby

Step 2: Install PostgreSQL

Meetable stores its data in a PostgreSQL database, so we need to install it on our system. To install PostgreSQL, enter the following command in your terminal:

brew install postgresql 

Step 3: Clone Meetable

Now we need to clone Meetable from Github. Navigate to the directory where you want to keep your Meetable files and run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/indieweb/meetable.git

Step 4: Install the Required Gems

Meetable requires certain gems to function correctly. To install all the necessary gems, navigate to the Meetable directory and run the following command:

bundle install 

Step 5: Create the Database

We need to create a new database for Meetable. To do this, run the following command in your terminal:

rake db:create db:schema:load

Step 6: Start the Server

We can now start the server by running the following command:

rails server

Step 7: Get Started with Meetable

With the server running, you can access Meetable by opening your web browser and navigating to http://localhost:3000/. You can log in as an administrator using the default username and password, which are [email protected] and password, respectively.

Congratulations! You have now successfully installed Meetable on your macOS system.