Meteor is an ultra-simple environment for building modern web applications.

With Meteor you write apps:

• in pure JavaScript
• that send data over the wire, rather than HTML
• using your choice of popular open-source libraries

Try the getting started tutorial.

Next, read the guide or the reference documentation at http://docs.meteor.com/.

On Windows, simply go to https://www.meteor.com/install and use the Windows installer.

On Linux/macOS, use this line:

curl https://install.meteor.com/ | sh

Create a project:

meteor create try-meteor

Run it:

cd try-meteor
meteor

If you want to run on the bleeding edge, or help contribute to Meteor, you can run Meteor directly from a Git checkout using these steps:

0. Clone from GitHub

   $ git clone --recursive https://github.com/meteor/meteor.git
   $ cd meteor

   Important note about Git submodules!

   This repository uses Git submodules. If you clone without the --recursive flag, re-fetch with git pull or experience "Depending on unknown package" errors, run the following in the repository root to sync things up again:

   $ git submodule update --init --recursive
   

1. (Optional) Compile dependencies

   This optional step requires a C and C++ compiler, autotools, and scons. If this step is skipped, Meteor will simply download pre-built binaries.

   To build everything from scratch (node, npm, mongodb, etc.) run the following:

   $ ./scripts/generate-dev-bundle.sh # OPTIONAL!

2. Run a Meteor command to install dependencies

   If you did not compile dependencies above, this will also download the binaries.

   $ ./meteor --help

3. Ready to Go!

   Your local Meteor checkout is now ready to use! You can use this ./meteor anywhere you would normally call the system meteor. For example,:

   $ cd my-app/
   $ /path/to/meteor-checkout/meteor run

   Note: When running from a git checkout, you cannot pin apps to specific Meteor releases or change the release using --release.

Aside from a short launcher shell script, Meteor installs itself inside your home directory. To uninstall Meteor, run:

rm -rf ~/.meteor/
sudo rm /usr/local/bin/meteor

On Windows, just run the uninstaller from your Control Panel.

Building an application with Meteor?

• Announcement list: sign up at http://www.meteor.com/
• Having problems? Ask for help at: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/meteor
• Discussion forums: https://forums.meteor.com/

Interested in contributing to Meteor?

• Issue tracker: https://github.com/meteor/meteor/issues
• Contribution guidelines: https://github.com/meteor/meteor/tree/devel/Contributing.md

We are hiring! Visit https://www.meteor.com/jobs to learn more about working full-time on the Meteor project.