Running Locally

Note: If you're installing the upgrade branch (challenges-and-0.5), follow these instructions.

To run HabitRPG on your own:

1. Install Node.js (use 0.8.x. – 0.10.x doesn't work) & MongoDB
2. git clone --recursive -b develop https://github.com/lefnire/habitrpg.git
3. cd habitrpg && npm install
4. cp config.json.example config.json (you may chose to edit config.json with your own values, but you should get by with the defaults)
5. node server.js
6. Open http://localhost:3000 in your browser (not IE!)

If you get the EMFILE error, see this workaround

On Windows 7:

Do all of the above, but make sure to run MongoDB before step 5.

Instructions for installing and running MongoDB on Windows

Instructions for running MongoDB as a Windows Service