# How to setup plutus playground invironment in local machine

**URL:** <https://forum.cardano.org/t/how-to-setup-plutus-playground-invironment-in-local-machine/55024>\
**Category:** Smart Contracts\
**Tags:** plutus\
**Created:** [25 March 2021 11:18 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/how-to-setup-plutus-playground-invironment-in-local-machine/55024 "2021-03-25T11:18:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [25 March 2021 13:47 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/how-to-setup-plutus-playground-invironment-in-local-machine/55024/2 "2021-03-25T13:47:46Z")

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Hello,  
recommendation currently is to use the [Plutus Playground](https://playground.plutus.iohkdev.io) in the Browser, but with some tinkering you can install it local. Please see this thread for details on the issue you might run into:

> [@Building plutus playground docker image](https://forum.cardano.org/t/building-plutus-playground-docker-image/45302):
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> Hi All, I am trying to build the plutus playground docker image. I did the following Added the IOHK binary cache to my /etc/nix/nix.conf I ran the following command to run the docker image docker run --mount ‘type=bind,source=/tmp,target=/tmp’ -p 7080:8080 plutus-playgrounds:w3nw64wb4azjajdzq8nkqil4w7i1bndd the host port 8080 is already in use. I got the following error Invalid option `-b’ Usage: plutus-playground [-v|–version] [–config CONFIG\_FILE] COMMAND Available options: -h,–hel…

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