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title: 'GitHub Codespaces'
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GitHub Codespaces is a cloud development platform that enables developers to write, run, and debug code directly in their browsers, seamlessly integrated with GitHub.
### Steps to setup Codespaces
1. Go to [Activepieces repo](https://github.com/activepieces/activepieces).
2. Click Code `<>`, then under codespaces click create codespace on main.
<Note>
By default, the development setup only builds specific pieces.Open the file
`packages/server/api/.env` and add comma-separated list of pieces to make
available.
For more details, check out the [Piece Development](/developers/development-setup/getting-started) section.
</Note>
3. Open the terminal and run `npm start`
4. Access the frontend URL by opening port 4200 and signing in with these details:
Email: `dev@ap.com`
Password: `12345678`