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# Installation

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Each Automail instance is linked to a dedicated fork of the main Automail GitHub repository. This allows keeping all instances up-to-date with the latest version of Automail while having instance-specific configuration files stored in their own repositories.
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**First, check if no previous fork exists for your project.** If a fork exists, skip the step below and directly go to the [Local DEV installation](/automail/installation/dev.md).

If no prior fork exists for your project, then fork the main Automail repository with **Lineverge** as the owner and with the repository naming convention "**automail-**\[two letter client code]**-**\[project name without spacing]" with all characters <mark style="background-color:orange;">lower case</mark>.

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