Installation

Get started with Nuxt quickly with our online starters or start locally with your terminal.

Play Online

If you just want to play around with Nuxt in your browser without setting up a project, you can use one of our online sandboxes:

Open on StackBlitz

Open on CodeSandbox

Or follow the steps below to set up a new Nuxt project on your computer.

New Project

Prerequisites

Node.js - 20.x or newer (but we recommend the active LTS release)
Text editor - There is no IDE requirement, but we recommend Visual Studio Code with the official Vue extension (previously known as Volar) or WebStorm, which, along with other JetBrains IDEs, offers great Nuxt support right out-of-the-box.
Terminal - In order to run Nuxt commands

Additional notes for an optimal setup:

Node.js: Make sure to use an even numbered version (20, 22, etc.)
Nuxtr: Install the community-developed Nuxtr extension
WSL: If you are using Windows and experience slow HMR, you may want to try using WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) which may solve some performance issues.
Windows slow DNS resolution - instead of using localhost:3000 for local dev server on Windows, use 127.0.0.1 for much faster loading experience on browsers.

Open a terminal (if you're using Visual Studio Code, you can open an integrated terminal) and use the following command to create a new starter project:

npm create nuxt@latest <project-name> -- -t v3

yarn create nuxt@latest <project-name> -t v3

pnpm create nuxt@latest <project-name> -t v3

bun create nuxt@latest <project-name> -t v3

deno -A npm:create-nuxt@latest <project-name> -t v3

Alternatively, you can find other starters or themes by opening nuxt.new and following the instructions there.

Open your project folder in Visual Studio Code:

Terminal

code <project-name>

Or change directory into your new project from your terminal:

cd <project-name>

Development Server

Now you'll be able to start your Nuxt app in development mode:

npm run dev -- -o

yarn dev --open

pnpm dev -o

bun run dev -o

# To use the Bun runtime during development
# bun --bun run dev -o

deno run dev -o

Well done! A browser window should automatically open for http://localhost:3000.

Next Steps

Now that you've created your Nuxt project, you are ready to start building your application.