to run the app locally you will need to set the .env.example variables first
and rename to .env.
ROOT=http://localhost:3000
PUSHER_APP_ID=
PUSHER_APP_KEY=
PUSHER_APP_SECRET=
EMAIL_USER= // a valid google email for sending emails through nodemailer
EMAIL_PASS= // the valid password for that email
npm install
npm run start-local