cypress/docs/source/guides/getting-started/installing-cypress.md

title: Installing Cypress comments: true

What You'll Learn

• how to install Cypress on your project using npm

Installing via NPM

Installing Cypress to test your modern web project is as easy as:

$ npm install cypress --save-dev

This will...

Aside: Why not install Cypress globally?

Aside: Not familiar with npm?

To run Cypress...

Aside: link to GUI overview doc

To automate running Cypress with package.json...

Windows Support Coming Soon

A big, hearty thanks to all of our early adopters who support the development of the Windows version of Cypress! If this is you, feel free to follow this issue to be notified when Windows support lands.