# Temporal server local setup

**URL:** <https://community.temporal.io/t/temporal-server-local-setup/7281>\
**Category:** Community Support\
**Created:** [February 16, 2023, 3:27am UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/temporal-server-local-setup/7281 "2023-02-16T03:27:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![techSchool\_techSchoo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.temporal.io/techschool_techschoo/32/3317_2.png) [@techSchool\_techSchoo](https://community.temporal.io/u/techSchool_techSchoo)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 3:27am UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/temporal-server-local-setup/7281/1 "2023-02-16T03:27:12Z")

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Hello,

I want to understand temporal, workflows creation i am newbie here, and i learnt that for development we should have temporal server up and running in local environment,

Can you help me to know what are the ways to stand up temporal server in windows OS locally,

Note; i am working in organization network where i am not allowed to download docker compose and kubernetes

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**Author:** ![tihomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.temporal.io/tihomir/32/6580_2.png) [@tihomir](https://community.temporal.io/u/tihomir)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 3:44am UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/temporal-server-local-setup/7281/2 "2023-02-16T03:44:36Z")

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> i am not allowed to download docker compose and kubernetes

For local development take a look at [temporalite](https://github.com/temporalio/temporalite).

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**Author:** ![techSchool\_techSchoo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.temporal.io/techschool_techschoo/32/3317_2.png) [@techSchool\_techSchoo](https://community.temporal.io/u/techSchool_techSchoo)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 4:02am UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/temporal-server-local-setup/7281/3 "2023-02-16T04:02:00Z")

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Will it work on windows?

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**Author:** ![tihomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.temporal.io/tihomir/32/6580_2.png) [@tihomir](https://community.temporal.io/u/tihomir)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 4:06am UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/temporal-server-local-setup/7281/4 "2023-02-16T04:06:05Z")

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Yes, readme: [GitHub - temporalio/temporalite: An experimental distribution of Temporal that runs as a single process](https://github.com/temporalio/temporalite#why) mentions support for Windows

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**Author:** ![techSchool\_techSchoo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.temporal.io/techschool_techschoo/32/3317_2.png) [@techSchool\_techSchoo](https://community.temporal.io/u/techSchool_techSchoo)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 4:22am UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/temporal-server-local-setup/7281/5 "2023-02-16T04:22:44Z")

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Thanks let me try this.

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**Author:** ![techSchool\_techSchoo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.temporal.io/techschool_techschoo/32/3317_2.png) [@techSchool\_techSchoo](https://community.temporal.io/u/techSchool_techSchoo)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 10:05am UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/temporal-server-local-setup/7281/6 "2023-02-16T10:05:15Z")

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I downloaded temprolite, but when I tried the command “tempralite start --namesapce default”

It says error "tempralite is not recognised as an internal or external command

 ![16765418586633868249766469715178](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/temporal/original/2X/f/f8bcab18fe606d3e67555e8bbec7bd90421cecc2.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![maxim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.temporal.io/maxim/32/8_2.png) [@maxim](https://community.temporal.io/u/maxim)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/temporal-server-local-setup/7281/7 "2023-02-16T16:37:47Z")

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Did you [include](https://medium.com/@kevinmarkvi/how-to-add-executables-to-your-path-in-windows-5ffa4ce61a53) it in the PATH?

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**Author:** ![Alex\_Kago](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.temporal.io/alex_kago/32/3218_2.png) [@Alex\_Kago](https://community.temporal.io/u/Alex_Kago)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/temporal-server-local-setup/7281/8 "2023-03-14T12:23:00Z")

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> [@techSchool\_techSchoo](#):
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> tempralite

There is a typo in your command. it should be **temporalite** not **tempralite**

_temporalite start --namespace default_