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 The following excerpt was taken from [Lektor Documentation](https://www.getlektor.com/docs/what/).
 
+## Compiling a local version of the website
+
+* Download Lektor: [​https://www.getlektor.com/downloads/](​https://www.getlektor.com/downloads/)
+* Clone the repo from torgit (this is a read only repository): ​[https://git.torproject.org/project/web/tpo.git](https://git.torproject.org/project/web/tpo.git)
+
+Translations for the website are imported by Jenkins when bulding the page, but if you want to test them, download the [correct branch](https://gitweb.torproject.org/translation.git/log/?h=tpo-web) of the translations repo to the ./i18n/ folder.
+
+Finally run:
+`$ lektor server` to run a local continuous builder
+`$ lektor build -O <folder>` to just build the website once.
+
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