Terminal Setup
Note: This guide is for developers comfortable with a terminal. If you're not a developer, use the Desktop App installation guide instead — it covers the full setup without any of this. Paperclip run…
Terminal Setup
> Note: This guide is for developers comfortable with a terminal. If you're not a developer, use the Desktop App installation guide (/docs/quickstart/installation) instead — it covers the full setup without any of this.
Paperclip runs as a Node.js server. The onboarding command handles the full setup in one step.
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Prerequisites
Node.js 20 or later ([nodejs.org](https://nodejs.org) — download the LTS version) pnpm (package manager)
bash node --version # Should print v20.x.x or higher
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Step 1 — Install pnpm
bash npm install -g corepack corepack enable corepack prepare pnpm@latest --activate