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Prerequisites

Goal: Ensure you have all required tools installed before starting.

Required Tools

Operating System

  • macOS
  • Linux
  • Windows with WSL2

Docker

A container runtime is required for DDEV:

Download from docker.com

brew install orbstack

brew install colima
colima start

DDEV

DDEV provides the PHP/database environment:

brew install ddev/ddev/ddev

curl -fsSL https://ddev.com/install.sh | bash

curl -fsSL https://ddev.com/install.sh | bash

Git

Git must be installed with SSH support:

# Usually pre-installed, or:
brew install git

sudo apt install git

Code Editor

Any editor works. Recommended:

  • PhpStorm with TYPO3 plugin
  • VS Code with PHP extensions

Verify Installation

Run these commands to verify your setup:

docker --version    # Docker version 24.x or higher
ddev --version      # DDEV version 1.23.x or higher
git --version       # git version 2.x or higher
ssh -V              # OpenSSH_x.x

Next Step

Create Accounts - Set up your TYPO3.org account for Gerrit and Forge access.