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+title: Local Development
+description: Run the TRAWL monorepo locally with Bun, without Docker.
+---
+
+# Local Development
+
+TRAWL is a Bun workspace monorepo. You can run each service locally with hot-reload.
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+| Tool | Version | Install |
+|------|---------|---------|
+| Bun | ≥ 1.2 | `curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install \| bash` |
+| Redis | 7+ | Docker (see below) or system package |
+
+## 1. Install dependencies
+
+```bash
+# From the monorepo root
+bun install
+```
+
+This installs all workspace packages in one pass.
+
+## 2. Fetch the Camoufox browser
+
+The API uses [Camoufox](https://github.com/daijro/camoufox) — Firefox with fingerprint patching. Fetch the binary once:
+
+```bash
+bun x camoufox-js fetch
+```
+
+This downloads the browser into the local cache. It only needs to run once per machine.
+
+## 3. Start Redis
+
+```bash
+docker run -d --name trawl-redis -p 6379:6379 redis:7-alpine
+```
+
+Or use a local Redis installation if you have one.
+
+## 4. Create your `.env`
+
+```bash
+cp .env.example .env
+# Defaults work for local development
+```
+
+## 5. Start each service
+
+**Terminal 1 — API (browser pool + HTTP server):**
+
+```bash
+bun run dev:api
+# [pool] browser 1/3 ready
+# [pool] browser 2/3 ready
+# [pool] browser 3/3 ready
+# [api] TRAWL ready on :8191
+```
+
+**Terminal 2 — web (optional):**
+
+```bash
+bun run dev:web
+# Nuxt ready at http://localhost:3000
+```
+
+**Terminal 3 — docs (optional):**
+
+```bash
+bun run dev:docs
+# VitePress ready at http://localhost:3001
+```
+
+## 6. Verify
+
+```bash
+curl http://localhost:8191/health
+```
+
+## Monorepo structure
+
+```
+trawl/
+├── apps/
+│   ├── api/         Elysia HTTP server + embedded browser pool
+│   ├── web/         Nuxt 4 landing page
+│   └── docs/        VitePress documentation
+├── packages/
+│   ├── types/       Shared TypeScript interfaces — no runtime logic
+│   ├── browser/     BrowserPool + SessionCache
+│   └── tiers/       Tier 1–4 executors + orchestrator
+├── docker-compose.yml          scraper + Redis (default)
+├── docker-compose.minimal.yml  scraper only, no Redis
+├── docker-compose.prod.yml     production with restart + healthcheck
+└── docker-compose.full.yml     full stack including web + docs
+```
+
+## Cross-package TypeScript
+
+Each package has its own `tsconfig.json` that resolves imports from source — no build step needed:
+
+```json
+{
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "paths": { "@trawl/types": ["../types/src/index.ts"] }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+`import type { ScrapeRequest } from '@trawl/types'` resolves live in your editor.
+
+## Useful commands
+
+```bash
+# Lint + format
+bun run check
+
+# Type-check a specific package
+bun tsc --noEmit --project packages/browser/tsconfig.json
+bun tsc --noEmit --project apps/api/tsconfig.json
+
+# Add a dependency to a specific workspace
+bun add some-package --cwd apps/api
+
+# Update lockfile
+bun update
+```