Virtool

Development

The local development environment uses Coasts and Docker Compose. Install the tools listed in the development documentation, then run these commands from the repository root:

coast daemon start
coasts up               # create or resume this worktree's Coast
coasts status
coasts stop             # stop the Coast and keep its data
coasts remove           # remove the Coast and its data

See the development documentation for the architecture, worktree isolation, live editing, and lifecycle details.