# Source: https://docs.livekit.io/transport/self-hosting/local.md

LiveKit docs › Self-hosting › Running locally

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# Running LiveKit locally

> This will get a LiveKit instance up and running, ready to receive audio and video streams from participants.

### Install LiveKit Server

**macOS**:

```text
brew update && brew install livekit

```

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**Linux**:

```text
curl -sSL https://get.livekit.io | bash

```

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**Windows**:

Download the latest release [here](https://github.com/livekit/livekit/releases/latest).

### Start the server in dev mode

You can start LiveKit in development mode by running:

```text
livekit-server --dev

```

This will start an instance using the following API key/secret pair:

```text
API key: devkey
API secret: secret

```

To customize your setup for production, refer to our [deployment guides](https://docs.livekit.io/transport/self-hosting/deployment.md).

> 💡 **Tip**
> 
> By default LiveKit's signal server binds to `127.0.0.1:7880`. If you'd like to access it from other devices on your network, pass in `--bind 0.0.0.0`

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