Local Development

Run Abacus on your local machine for development.

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+
• pnpm
• PostgreSQL database (local or remote)

Setup

1. Clone and install dependencies

   git clone https://github.com/getsentry/abacus.git
   cd abacus
   pnpm install

2. Create environment file

   Create .env.local with your credentials:

   cat > .env.local << 'EOF'
   POSTGRES_URL=postgres://...
   BETTER_AUTH_SECRET=your-secret-here
   GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=your-client-id
   GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=your-client-secret
   NEXT_PUBLIC_DOMAIN=yourcompany.com
   CRON_SECRET=your-cron-secret
   
   # Providers (optional)
   ANTHROPIC_ADMIN_KEY=sk-admin-...
   CURSOR_ADMIN_KEY=...
   EOF

3. Run database migrations

   pnpm cli db:migrate

4. Start the development server

   pnpm dev

   Open http://localhost:3000.

Note

Add http://localhost:3000/api/auth/callback/google to your Google OAuth redirect URIs for local development.

Local PostgreSQL with Docker

If you don’t have a remote PostgreSQL database, use Docker:

docker-compose up -d

This starts a local PostgreSQL instance. Use the connection string:

POSTGRES_URL=postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5434/abacus

Available Scripts

Command	Description
pnpm dev	Start development server
pnpm build	Build for production
pnpm lint	Run ESLint
pnpm cli <cmd>	Run CLI commands