Getting started

You can get a local instance of wger installed in a couple of minutes.

It is recommended to install a development instance or start a docker image if you just want to try the application on your server or PC. All the following steps are performed on a debian based linux distribution. If your setup differs (e.g. in Red Hat based distros the package names are slightly different) you will need to change the steps as appropriate.

The application is compatible and regularly tested with

• sqlite, postgres
• python 3.6, 3.7 and 3.8

You might also want to take a look at the Other changes section for other changes you might want to do to your local instance such as Terms of Service or contact page.

Note

Please note that all the steps related to upgrading the database or downloading external JS dependencies mentioned in the Tips and tricks section in the development page apply to all the installation options.

These are the necessary packages for both development and production (node and npm are only used to download JS and CSS libraries):

sudo apt-get install nodejs npm git python3-dev

• Development
  • Assumptions
  • Requirements
  • Start the server
• Docker images
  • Development
  • Apache
• Production
  • Wger user
  • Apache
  • Database
  • Application
  • Other changes