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title: Frontend-only development environment
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If you want to only make changes on the UI, you don't need a backend running from source. You can user the docker-compose install with a few customizations.
1. Clone the git repo from https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik
2. In the cloned repository, follow the docker-compose installation instructions [here ](../../docs/installation/docker-compose )
3. Add the following entry to your `.env` file:
```
AUTHENTIK_WEB__LOAD_LOCAL_FILES=true
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AUTHENTIK_IMAGE=beryju.org/authentik/server
AUTHENTIK_TAG=gh-next
AUTHENTIK_OUTPOSTS__DOCKER_IMAGE_BASE=beryju.org/authentik/outpost-%(type)s:gh-next
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```
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This will cause authentik to load static files from a folder and ignore the bundeled files. Also the beta image is used.
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4. Add this volume mapping to your compose file
```yaml
version: '3.2'
services:
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# [...]
server:
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# [...]
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volumes:
- ./web:/web
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```
This makes the local web files available to the authentik server.
5. Run `docker-compose up -d` to apply those changes to your containers.
6. Run `make gen-web` in the project root directory to generate the API Client used by the web interfaces
7. `cd web`
8. Run `npm i` and then `npm run watch` to start the build process.
You can now access authentik on http://localhost:9000 (or https://localhost:9443).
You might also want to complete the initial setup under `/if/flow/initial-setup/` .