• PHP 5.4+
• PHP Memcache extension (not Memcached)
• PHP Mongo extension
• Memcached
• MongoDB

If you do not have these dependencies and are on Mac OS X, you can quickly install them with Homebrew:

brew install php55
brew install php55-memcache
brew install php55-mongo
brew install memcached
brew install mongodb

Be sure to follow the post-install instructions provided by Homebrew to start the memcached and mongod servers.

$ composer create-project compwright/disqus-demo ./disqus-demo
$ cd disqus-demo
$ cp .env-sample .env

1. Create a Disqus Application, and put the API key, API secret, and access token in your .env file
2. Register your website on Disqus, and put the forum name (the Disqus subdomain you chose) in your .env file
3. Start the built-in PHP server by running the start-server.sh file

You're off to the races!