---
id: installation
date: 2017-07-10T23:36:56.503Z
title: Installation
---
Verdaccio is a multiplatform web application, to install you need at least some prerequisites.

#### Prerequisites

* Node higher than (2.x **4.6.1**) | (3.x **6.12.0)
* npm or yarn

## Installing the CLI

`Verdaccio` must be install globaly using any of the most modern

Using `npm`

```bash
npm install -g verdaccio

```

or using `yarn`

```bash
yarn global add verdaccio

```

> Warning: Verdaccio current is not support PM2's cluster mode, run it with cluster mode may cause unknown behavior

## Basic Usage

Once has been installed you only need to execute the CLI command.

```bash
$> verdaccio
```

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/720/1*jDHnZ7_68u5s1lFK2cygnA.gif)

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).