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Run locally#

SAF provides two methods to run a solution application on your local machine during development.

Run a solution on desktop

Run a solution using the SAF CLI saf run command. Ideal for desktop development with automatic service orchestration.

Run a solution on desktop
Run a solution with Docker Compose

Run a solution using Docker Compose for containerized execution.

Run a solution with Docker Compose
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