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---
title: Testing your GitHub Pages site locally with Jekyll
intro: 'You can build your {% data variables.product.prodname_pages %} site locally to preview and test changes to your site.'
redirect_from:
- /articles/setting-up-your-pages-site-locally-with-jekyll/
- /articles/setting-up-your-github-pages-site-locally-with-jekyll/
- /articles/testing-your-github-pages-site-locally-with-jekyll
- /github/working-with-github-pages/testing-your-github-pages-site-locally-with-jekyll
product: '{% data reusables.gated-features.pages %}'
versions:
fpt: '*'
ghes: '*'
ghae: '*'
topics:
- Pages
shortTitle: Test site locally with Jekyll
---
Anyone with read permissions for a repository can test a {% data variables.product.prodname_pages %} site locally.
## Prerequisites
Before you can use Jekyll to test a site, you must:
- Install [Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/installation/).
- Create a Jekyll site. For more information, see "[Creating a {% data variables.product.prodname_pages %} site with Jekyll](/articles/creating-a-github-pages-site-with-jekyll)."
{% data reusables.pages.recommend-bundler %}
{% data reusables.pages.jekyll-install-troubleshooting %}
## Building your site locally
{% data reusables.command_line.open_the_multi_os_terminal %}
{% data reusables.pages.navigate-publishing-source %}
3. Run `bundle install`.
3. Run your Jekyll site locally.
```shell
$ bundle exec jekyll serve
> Configuration file: /Users/octocat/my-site/_config.yml
> Source: /Users/octocat/my-site
> Destination: /Users/octocat/my-site/_site
> Incremental build: disabled. Enable with --incremental
> Generating...
> done in 0.309 seconds.
> Auto-regeneration: enabled for '/Users/octocat/my-site'
> Configuration file: /Users/octocat/my-site/_config.yml
> Server address: http://127.0.0.1:4000/
> Server running... press ctrl-c to stop.
```
3. To preview your site, in your web browser, navigate to `http://localhost:4000`.
## Updating the {% data variables.product.prodname_pages %} gem
Jekyll is an active open source project that is updated frequently. If the `github-pages` gem on your computer is out of date with the `github-pages` gem on the {% data variables.product.prodname_pages %} server, your site may look different when built locally than when published on {% data variables.product.product_name %}. To avoid this, regularly update the `github-pages` gem on your computer.
{% data reusables.command_line.open_the_multi_os_terminal %}
2. Update the `github-pages` gem.
- If you installed Bundler, run `bundle update github-pages`.
- If you don't have Bundler installed, run `gem update github-pages`.
## Further reading
- [{% data variables.product.prodname_pages %}](http://jekyllrb.com/docs/github-pages/) in the Jekyll documentation