Windows 8

Required Software

First, install the following programs:

• https://windows.github.com/
• http://nodejs.org/
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/redis/files/redis-2.6.10/
• http://imagemagick.org/script/binary-releases.php#windows/
• https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.8/python-2.7.8.msi

You may have to restart your computer.

Running NodeBB

Start Redis Server

Note

The default location of Redis Server is

C:\Program Files (x86)\Redis\StartRedisServer.cmd

Open Git Shell, and type the following commands. Clone NodeBB repo:

git clone -b v0.9.x https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB.git

Enter directory:

cd NodeBB

Install dependencies:

npm install

Run interactive installation:

node app.js --setup

You may leave all of the options as default.

And you’re done! After the installation, run

node app.js

You can visit your forum at http://127.0.0.1:4567/

Developing on Windows

It’s a bit of a pain to shutdown and restart NodeBB everytime you make changes. First install supervisor:

npm install -g supervisor

Open up bash:

bash

And run NodeBB on “watch” mode:

./nodebb watch

It will launch NodeBB in development mode, and watch files that change and automatically restart your forum.