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+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "🔧 Checking dependencies..."
+if ! command -v docker &>/dev/null; then
+  echo -e "\t❌ Docker is not installed or not in PATH. Please install Docker first.\n\t\tSee https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/"
+  exit 1
+fi
+# Check if docker compose plugin is installed
+if ! docker compose version &>/dev/null; then
+  echo -e "\t❌ Docker Compose is not installed or not in PATH (n.b. docker-compose is deprecated)\n\t\tUpdate docker or install docker-compose-plugin\n\t\tOn Linux: sudo apt-get install docker-compose-plugin\n\t\tSee https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/"
+  exit 1
+fi
+# Check if docker is started
+if ! docker info &>/dev/null; then
+  echo -e "\t❌ Docker is not running.\n\t\tPlease start Docker Desktop, Docker or check documentation at https://docs.docker.com/config/daemon/start/"
+  exit 1
+fi
+if ! command -v curl &>/dev/null; then
+  echo -e "\t❌ Curl is not installed or not in PATH.\n\t\tOn macOS: brew install curl\n\t\tOn Linux: sudo apt install curl"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check if docker compose version is >= 2
+if [ "$(docker compose version --short | cut -d' ' -f3 | cut -d'.' -f1)" -lt 2 ]; then
+  echo -e "\t❌ Docker Compose is outdated. Please update Docker Compose to version 2 or higher.\n\t\tSee https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/linux/"
+  exit 1
+fi
+# Check if docker-compose is installed, if so issue a warning if version is < 2
+if command -v docker-compose &>/dev/null; then
+  if [ "$(docker-compose version --short | cut -d' ' -f3 | cut -d'.' -f1)" -lt 2 ]; then
+    echo -e "\n\t⚠️ 'docker-compose' is installed but outdated. Make sure to use 'docker compose' or to upgrade 'docker-compose' to version 2.\n\t\tSee https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/standalone/\n"
+  fi
+fi
+
+# Catch errors
+set -e
+function on_exit {
+  # $? is the exit status of the last command executed
+  local exit_status=$?
+  if [ $exit_status -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "❌ Something went wrong, exiting: $exit_status"
+  fi
+}
+trap on_exit EXIT
+
+# Use environment variables VERSION and BRANCH, with defaults if not set
+version=${VERSION:-$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/twentyhq/twenty/releases/latest | grep '"tag_name":' | cut -d '"' -f 4)}
+branch=${BRANCH:-$version}
+
+echo "🚀 Using version $version and branch $branch"
+
+dir_name="twenty"
+function ask_directory {
+  read -p "📁 Enter the directory name to setup the project (default: $dir_name): " answer
+  if [ -n "$answer" ]; then
+    dir_name=$answer
+  fi
+}
+
+ask_directory
+
+while [ -d "$dir_name" ]; do
+  read -p "🚫 Directory '$dir_name' already exists. Do you want to overwrite it? (y/N) " answer
+  if [ "$answer" = "y" ]; then
+    break
+  else
+    ask_directory
+  fi
+done
+
+# Create a directory named twenty
+echo "📁 Creating directory '$dir_name'"
+mkdir -p "$dir_name" && cd "$dir_name" || { echo "❌ Failed to create/access directory '$dir_name'"; exit 1; }
+
+# Copy twenty/packages/twenty-docker/docker-compose.yml in it
+echo -e "\t• Copying docker-compose.yml"
+curl -sLo docker-compose.yml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/twentyhq/twenty/$branch/packages/twenty-docker/docker-compose.yml
+
+# Copy twenty/packages/twenty-docker/.env.example to .env
+echo -e "\t• Setting up .env file"
+curl -sLo .env https://raw.githubusercontent.com/twentyhq/twenty/$branch/packages/twenty-docker/.env.example
+
+# Replace TAG=latest by TAG=<latest_release or version input>
+if [[ $(uname) == "Darwin" ]]; then
+  # Running on macOS
+  sed -i '' "s/TAG=latest/TAG=$version/g" .env
+else
+  # Assuming Linux
+  sed -i'' "s/TAG=latest/TAG=$version/g" .env
+fi
+
+# Generate random strings for secrets
+echo "# === Randomly generated secrets ===" >>.env
+echo "APP_SECRET=$(openssl rand -base64 32)" >>.env
+echo "" >>.env
+echo "PGPASSWORD_SUPERUSER=$(openssl rand -hex 16)" >>.env
+echo "" >>.env
+echo "POSTGRES_ADMIN_PASSWORD=$(openssl rand -base64 32)" >>.env
+
+echo -e "\t• .env configuration completed"
+
+port=3000
+# Check if command nc is available
+if command -v nc &> /dev/null; then
+  # Check if port 3000 is already in use, propose to change it
+  while nc -zv localhost $port &>/dev/null; do
+    read -p "🚫 Port $port is already in use. Do you want to use another port? (Y/n) " answer
+    if [ "$answer" = "n" ]; then
+      continue
+    fi
+    read -p "Enter a new port number: " new_port
+    if [[ $(uname) == "Darwin" ]]; then
+      sed -i '' "s/$port:$port/$new_port:$port/g" docker-compose.yml
+      sed -E -i '' "s|^SERVER_URL=http://localhost:[0-9]+|SERVER_URL=http://localhost:$new_port|g" .env
+    else
+      sed -i'' "s/$port:$port/$new_port:$port/g" docker-compose.yml
+      sed -E -i'' "s|^SERVER_URL=http://localhost:[0-9]+|SERVER_URL=http://localhost:$new_port|g" .env
+    fi
+    port=$new_port
+  done
+fi
+
+# Ask user if they want to start the project
+read -p "🚀 Do you want to start the project now? (Y/n) " answer
+if [ "$answer" = "n" ]; then
+  echo "✅ Project setup completed. Run 'docker compose up -d' to start."
+  exit 0
+else
+  echo "🐳 Starting Docker containers..."
+  docker compose up -d
+  # Check if port is listening
+  echo "Waiting for server to be healthy, it might take a few minutes while we initialize the database..."
+  # Tail logs of the server until it's ready
+  docker compose logs -f server &
+  pid=$!
+  while [ ! $(docker inspect --format='{{.State.Health.Status}}' twenty-server-1) = "healthy" ]; do
+    sleep 1
+  done
+  kill $pid
+  echo ""
+  echo "✅ Server is up and running"
+fi
+
+function ask_open_browser {
+  read -p "🌐 Do you want to open the project in your browser? (Y/n) " answer
+  if [ "$answer" = "n" ]; then
+    echo "✅ Setup completed. Access your project at http://localhost:$port"
+    exit 0
+  fi
+}
+
+# Ask user if they want to open the project
+# Running on macOS
+if [[ $(uname) == "Darwin" ]]; then
+  ask_open_browser
+
+  open "http://localhost:$port"
+# Assuming Linux
+else
+  # xdg-open is not installed, we could be running in a non gui environment
+  if command -v xdg-open >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    ask_open_browser
+
+    xdg-open "http://localhost:$port"
+  else
+    echo "✅ Setup completed. Your project is available at http://localhost:$port"
+  fi
+fi