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+---
+title: Private Server Setup
+---
+
+import {Tab, Tabs} from 'fumadocs-ui/components/tabs';
+import {File, Folder, Files} from 'fumadocs-ui/components/files';
+
+## Starting a server
+
+In each of the mod file folders we provide server files as well (one for each operating system), you can use these files to run your own server.
+
+<Tabs items={['Windows', 'Mac/Linux']}>
+	<Tab value="Windows">
+		Download `server-win.exe` and run that file.
+	</Tab>
+	<Tab value="Mac/Linux">
+		Download `server-mac`. Once you download that open terminal and navigate to where that file is
+		by running
+		```sh
+		cd /path/to/directory/where/server-mac/is
+		```
+
+		Then, run
+		```sh
+		chmod +x server-mac
+		```
+
+		After that you can run
+
+		```sh
+		./server-mac
+		```
+		to run the server.
+	</Tab>
+</Tabs>
+
+## Connecting to the server
+
+Once the server is running you will have to modify your config to point to the server.
+To modify your config go to the location where your `Mods` folder is,
+beside that folder will be another folder called `config`, inside the `config` folder will be a file called `Multiplayer.jkr`.
+If this file is not there for you then you need to launch the game with the Multiplayer mod installed at least once.
+
+<Files>
+	<Folder name="Mods">
+		<File name="Multiplayer"/>
+	</Folder>
+	<Folder name="config" defaultOpen>
+		<File name="Multiplayer.jkr"/>
+	</Folder>
+
+</Files>
+
+The contents of this file will look something like this by default:
+
+```lua
+return {
+    ["username"] = "Guest",
+    ["server_url"] = "balatro.virtualized.dev",
+    ["server_port"] = 8788,
+}
+```
+
+If you are running the server on your computer you can change the `server_url` field to `"localhost"`,
+but your friends will have to connect to you over the internet or through a tunnel service like Hamachi or ZeroTier.
+
+For them to connect over the internet you will have to port forward port `8788` on your PC and router,
+then they will have to input your public IP address in the `server_url`. You can find your public IP address by going to a site like this: https://www.whatismyip.com.