# Local Setup of API Maker

> Run API Maker on your own machine for development with API Maker Local Run, the desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux - with the download of every platform.

Source: https://docs.apimaker.dev/v1/docs/getting-started/local-setup.html

A local API Maker is the place to build and test APIs before they reach a server : your own admin panel, your own databases, and your code in your editor. **API Maker Local Run** sets it up for you : a desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux which needs Docker on your computer, and the same app later deploys to your servers.

## API Maker Local Run

The desktop app installs API Maker from npm on a Node.js runtime it downloads and verifies, starts MongoDB and Redis in Docker, runs the admin panel and shows you the URLs and the sign-in details. Pick a folder, press **Start**, and your API Maker is running.

⌘macOS
13 Ventura or later · Apple silicon and Intel
Universal<a class="am-dl__btn am-dl__btn--main" href="https://images.apimaker.dev/prod/api_maker_local/1.0.0/API-Maker-Local-Run-1.0.0-macos-universal.dmg">Disk image <b>.dmg</b></a><a class="am-dl__btn" href="https://images.apimaker.dev/prod/api_maker_local/1.0.0/API-Maker-Local-Run-1.0.0-macos-universal.zip">Zip <b>.zip</b></a>
Open the .dmg and drag the app to Applications.

⊞Windows
Windows 10 and 11
x64<a class="am-dl__btn am-dl__btn--main" href="https://images.apimaker.dev/prod/api_maker_local/1.0.0/API-Maker-Local-Run-1.0.0-windows-amd64-setup.exe">Installer <b>.exe</b></a><a class="am-dl__btn" href="https://images.apimaker.dev/prod/api_maker_local/1.0.0/API-Maker-Local-Run-1.0.0-windows-amd64.zip">Portable <b>.zip</b></a>
ARM64<a class="am-dl__btn" href="https://images.apimaker.dev/prod/api_maker_local/1.0.0/API-Maker-Local-Run-1.0.0-windows-arm64-setup.exe">Installer <b>.exe</b></a><a class="am-dl__btn" href="https://images.apimaker.dev/prod/api_maker_local/1.0.0/API-Maker-Local-Run-1.0.0-windows-arm64.zip">Portable <b>.zip</b></a>
Installs for your user, no administrator rights needed.

&gt;_Linux
Ubuntu 22.04+, Debian 12+, Fedora 39+
x64<a class="am-dl__btn am-dl__btn--main" href="https://images.apimaker.dev/prod/api_maker_local/1.0.0/api-maker-local-run_1.0.0_amd64.deb">Debian, Ubuntu <b>.deb</b></a><a class="am-dl__btn" href="https://images.apimaker.dev/prod/api_maker_local/1.0.0/API-Maker-Local-Run-1.0.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz">Any distro <b>.tar.gz</b></a>
ARM64<a class="am-dl__btn" href="https://images.apimaker.dev/prod/api_maker_local/1.0.0/api-maker-local-run_1.0.0_arm64.deb">Debian, Ubuntu <b>.deb</b></a><a class="am-dl__btn" href="https://images.apimaker.dev/prod/api_maker_local/1.0.0/API-Maker-Local-Run-1.0.0-linux-arm64.tar.gz">Any distro <b>.tar.gz</b></a>
Needs GTK 3 and WebKitGTK 4.1 ; the .deb installs them.

Version 1.0.0 · the SHA-256 checksum of every file and the install steps are on <a href="https://apimaker.dev/download">apimaker.dev/download</a>

- **Databases in a few clicks** : MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, Oracle, TiDB and Percona Server, several of each, with the API Maker instance created in one click.
- **Your code in your editor** : the Local Client page keeps a folder in sync with API Maker both ways, for VS Code, WebStorm, Zed or any editor.
- **Projects side by side** : every project runs on its own ports, in its own folder.
- **Ready for production** : the **Cloud** tab of the same app deploys API Maker to your servers. See [Install on a server](/v1/docs/getting-started/install-on-server.html#deploy-with-api-maker-local-run).

[Run on your computer](/v1/docs/getting-started/local-run.html) describes the app in detail : the first run, the ports, the folder, the license key and the Local Client.

    <a href="/v1/docs/getting-started/local-run.html">Next : API Maker Local Run in detail →</a>
    <a href="/v1/docs/getting-started/first-api.html">Your first API</a>