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---
id: installation
title: Installation
---
Verdaccio is a multiplatform web application, to install you need at least some prerequisites.
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#### Prerequisites
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1. Node higher than
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- For version `verdaccio@2.x` we support from Node `v4.6.1` .
- For version `verdaccio@3.x` we support as minimum Node `6.12.0`
2. npm `>=3.x` or `yarn`
3. The web interface support browsers `Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and IE9`
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## Installing the CLI
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`verdaccio` must be install globaly using any of the most modern
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Using `npm`
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```bash
npm install -g verdaccio
```
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or using `yarn`
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```bash
yarn global add verdaccio
```
## Basic Usage
Once has been installed you only need to execute the CLI command.
```bash
$> verdaccio
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warn --- config file - /home/.config/verdaccio/config.yaml
warn --- http address - http://localhost:5555/ - verdaccio/3.0.0
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```
For more information about CLI please [read the cli section ](cli.md ).
## Docker Image
`verdaccio` has a official docker image you can use, in the most of cases is good enough just the default configuration, for more information about how to install the official image [read the docker section ](docker.md ).
