Installation

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NTS is in active development and currently unstable. It is open to select early developers for exploration but is not yet suitable for production use. Follow developer updates for the latest changes, as performance is not at production level.

This section covers the steps to set up your local environment for N1 development.

Install Global Dependencies

Install Node.js and npm

Install Node.js (version 16 or higher) and npm by following these instructions:

https://nodejs.org/en/download

To verify that the installation was successful, check the Node.js and npm versions:


node --version
npm --version

You should see output similar to the following:


v16.20.0  # or higher
8.19.4    # npm version may vary

Install the N1 CLI

The N1 CLI is a command line tool for building, testing, deploying and interacting with N1 apps.

Run the following command to install the N1 CLI globally using npm:


npm install -g @n1xyz/cli

To verify that the installation was successful, check the n1 version:


n1 --version

You should see output showing the installed version of the CLI.