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title: Home
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Welcome to LibreTime
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LibreTime makes it easy to run your own online or terrestrial radio station. Check out some [features](features.md) and [screenshots](features.md#screenshots), then [install it](install.md) and start broadcasting!
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Don't believe us? Check out our [On Air in 60 Seconds](on-air-in-60-seconds/index) page to see just how easy it is to use LibreTime!
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LibreTime is Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS). Among other things, this means that you have the freedom to:
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* Run it royalty-free for as long as you like.
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* Read and alter the code that makes it work (or hire someone to do this for you!)
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* Contribute documentation, bug-fixes, etc. so that everyone in the community benefits.
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LibreTime is a fork of AirTime due to stalled development of the FLOSS version. For background on this, see this [open letter to the Airtime community](https://gist.github.com/hairmare/8c03b69c9accc90cfe31fd7e77c3b07d).
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If you are end-user of an already installed LibreTime instance we have a number of [tutorials](manual/tutorials/index.md) that can help you learn how to use the software.
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We also have [how-to guides](manual/howtos) that contain step-by-step instructions for various common tasks.
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There are currently no companies offering turn-key LibreTime hosting so if you are interested in running it you will need to have some familiarity with running a linux server. You can always reach out to help from the community at our [forum](http://discourse.libretime.org). You can also join our [Mattermost instance](https://chat.libretime.org/) and talk with other developers and users.
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### Proud Users
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Getting Started (for Developers and Admins)
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The easiest way to check out LibreTime for yourself is to run a local instance in a virtual machine. Assuming you already have Git, Vagrant and Virtualbox installed, just run:
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```bash
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git clone https://github.com/libretime/libretime.git
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cd libretime
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vagrant up ubuntu-bionic
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```
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If everything works out, you will find LibreTime on [port 8080](http://localhost:8080), icecast on [port 8000](http://localhost:8000) and the docs on [port 8888](http://localhost:8888).
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Of course, this setup isn't appropriate for production use. For that, check out our [installation instructions](install.md). More information on the vagrant setup are in [the docs](vagrant.md).
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