README.md

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Run locally

1. Create a virtual environment if you do not already have one:
   • Windows: python -m venv .venv
   • macOS / Linux: python3 -m venv .venv
2. Activate it:
   • Windows PowerShell: & .venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
   • macOS / Linux: source .venv/bin/activate
3. Install dependencies with pip install -r requirements.txt.
4. Create .env from .env.example and set DB_PASSWORD=postgres for local Docker PostgreSQL.
5. Start the development server with python manage.py runserver.

Run PostgreSQL and Redis with Docker

1. Start the containers with docker compose up -d.
2. Make sure your local .env has DB_PASSWORD=postgres.
3. Stop the containers with docker compose down when you are done.