Installation

Global Installation

Install Nx globally to run commands from anywhere. Choose a method based on your operating system and package manager.

npm add --global nx

Note: You can also use yarn global add nx, pnpm add --global nx, or bun add --global nx

brew install nx

choco install nx

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nrwl/nx
sudo apt update
sudo apt install nx

Verify Installation

nx --version

You should see a version number like 22.5.0.

Update Global Installation

npm update --global nx

Note: You can also use yarn global upgrade nx, pnpm update --global nx, or bun update --global nx

brew upgrade nx

choco upgrade nx

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade nx

Install in a Repository

To add Nx to an existing repository, run:

npx nx@latest init

This installs the nx package as a dev dependency and creates an nx.json configuration file. If you have Nx installed globally, it will defer to the local version in your repository.

Update Nx in Your Repository

When you update Nx in your repository, it will also automatically update your dependencies if you have an Nx plugin installed for that dependency. To update Nx, run:

nx migrate latest

This creates a migrations.json file with any update scripts that need to be run. Run them with:

nx migrate --run-migrations