Getting Started

Getting Started

Get ɳSelf running in under 5 minutes.

Pages

Page	What you'll learn
Installation	Install via Homebrew, curl, or from source
Quick-Start	init, build, start , your first stack in 2 minutes
First-Project	Guided walkthrough building a real backend
Upgrading-from-v1	Migration guide from the legacy Bash CLI

Prerequisites

• Docker 24+ with Docker Compose v2
• macOS (Intel or Apple Silicon) or Linux (x86_64 or ARM64)
• 2 GB RAM minimum (4 GB recommended)
• 5 GB disk free space (10 GB recommended)

Quick Path

# Install
brew install nself-org/nself/nself

# Create a project
mkdir myproject && cd myproject
nself init

# Launch everything
nself start

That's it. You now have Postgres, Hasura GraphQL, Auth, and Nginx running locally with SSL.

See Quick-Start for the full walkthrough with expected output.

What's Next

• First-Project, Guided walkthrough building a real backend with tables, permissions, and auth
• Plugin-Overview, Browse 138 plugins (29 free, 109 Pro) for AI, video, commerce, CMS, and more
• Guide-Production-Deployment, Deploy your stack to a real server with SSL and backups
• Commands, Full reference for all 25 top-level commands (295+ subcommands)