# Issues running Phoenix locally (without docker)

**URL:** <https://tosdr.community/t/issues-running-phoenix-locally-without-docker/3624>\
**Category:** Developers\
**Tags:** development, running-phoenix\
**Created:** [September 4, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/issues-running-phoenix-locally-without-docker/3624 "2026-09-04T16:04:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Clippy](https://tosdr.community/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c0e974/32.png) [@Clippy](https://tosdr.community/u/Clippy)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/issues-running-phoenix-locally-without-docker/3624/1 "2026-09-04T16:04:26Z")

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I tried running phoenix locally (on kubuntu) with the [quickstart guide](https://github.com/tosdr/edit.tosdr.org/blob/master/QUICKSTART.md#quickstart) but it doesn’t work, so I tried with [Manual environment setup](https://github.com/tosdr/edit.tosdr.org/blob/master/QUICKSTART.md#manual-environment-setup) and that didnt work either so please letme know what I’m doing wrong.

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Jeff](https://tosdr.community/user_avatar/tosdr.community/dr_jeff/32/2728_2.png) [@Dr\_Jeff](https://tosdr.community/u/Dr_Jeff)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/issues-running-phoenix-locally-without-docker/3624/2 "2026-09-04T16:05:06Z")

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The quickstart guide is deprecated. Follow the README.

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**Author:** ![Clippy](https://tosdr.community/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c0e974/32.png) [@Clippy](https://tosdr.community/u/Clippy)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 4:06pm UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/issues-running-phoenix-locally-without-docker/3624/3 "2026-09-04T16:06:07Z")

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Okay, how do I run it without docker though (I should’ve specified that)

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Jeff](https://tosdr.community/user_avatar/tosdr.community/dr_jeff/32/2728_2.png) [@Dr\_Jeff](https://tosdr.community/u/Dr_Jeff)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/issues-running-phoenix-locally-without-docker/3624/4 "2026-09-04T16:59:43Z")

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Unfortunately there is no documented way at the moment. We use Docker Compose to build the instance.

That old guide is a leftover from the initial releases of Phoenix, when Docker was not being used.

You CAN try to run it by trial and error but it’s best just to use Docker.

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**Author:** ![Clippy](https://tosdr.community/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c0e974/32.png) [@Clippy](https://tosdr.community/u/Clippy)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 5:21pm UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/issues-running-phoenix-locally-without-docker/3624/5 "2026-09-04T17:21:37Z")

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Unfotunately I can’t use Docker on my PC (I don’t remember why, maybe I’ll check again)

EDIT: This is wrong I can’t use **Docker Desktop** but I can use Docker engine and Docker compose

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**Author:** ![Clippy](https://tosdr.community/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c0e974/32.png) [@Clippy](https://tosdr.community/u/Clippy)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 7:10pm UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/issues-running-phoenix-locally-without-docker/3624/6 "2026-09-04T19:10:40Z")

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I got it running with docker! But I can’t log in with any of the three users