# Setting up Discourse for Local Development (Local Host) **URL:** https://publichappinessmovement.com/t/topic/2630 **Category:** Front End - Documentation **Tags:** documentation, ruby-on-rails, localhost, discourse, webdev, js **Created:** [13 August 2021 22:54 UTC](https://publichappinessmovement.com/t/topic/2630 "2021-08-13T22:54:53Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![AndyatFocallocal](https://publichappinessmovement.com/user_avatar/publichappinessmovement.com/andyatfocallocal/32/651_2.png) [@AndyatFocallocal](https://publichappinessmovement.com/u/AndyatFocallocal) #### Post date: [11 January 2023 19:03 UTC](https://publichappinessmovement.com/t/topic/2630/2 "2023-01-11T19:03:50Z")
You’ll also need to install the Docuss plug-in to connect Discourse to our React/Meteor app > [@Components - Docuss](https://publichappinessmovement.com/t/topic/1144): > > Our community building and discussion forum uses a pretty slick integration with [Discourse](https://meta.discourse.com) the worlds largest opensource forum software. This sync enables us to use Discourse to handling the community building, communications, admin functions, and backend of the most of the platform. Settings in our Github [https://github.com/focallocal/fl-maps/blob/master/public/dcs-website.json](https://github.com/focallocal/fl-maps/blob/master/public/dcs-website.json)Docuss Project Github [Home](https://github.com/sylque/docuss)[Client and Libraries](https://github.com/sylque/dcs-client)[schema](https://github.com/sylque/dcs-website-schema)[Discourse Plugin](https://github.com/sylque/dcs-discourse-plugin2)Plugin In our Discourse settings you’ll… If you need any other plugins, or want to install them all right away so your platform operates exactly as the live one here’s a full list of plugins. Only Docuss operates directly on the ReactJS/MeteorJS. Others may interact with the i-frame window it loads in (toolbars and floating footers). --- _[View the full topic](https://publichappinessmovement.com/t/topic/2630)._