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How to install Flowise on macOS (FlowiseAI/Flowise) · gitmanual

How to install on macOS

FlowiseAI/Flowise

Build AI Agents, Visually

Node.js#agentic-ai#agentic-workflow#agents#artificial-intelligence

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Website ↗flowiseai.comThe project's own site.

Will it work on my device?

Yes, it installs on your macOS

The repo is archived: it still works as-is, but nobody is fixing bugs anymore.
The README gives a npm install for macOS.

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Install with a package manager

npm

npm install -g flowise

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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Parts list

1×Node.js v24.15.0runtime
1×pnpm package manager

7× settings in .env

PORT
JWT_ISSUER
JWT_AUDIENCE
JWT_TOKEN_EXPIRY_IN_MINUTESsecret
JWT_REFRESH_TOKEN_EXPIRY_IN_MINUTESsecret
WORKER_PORT
VITE_PORT

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Good to know

Monorepo (workspaces) — install from the repo root.
Dockerfile available (base image: node:24-alpine).
Nested projects: docker/worker/healthcheck/package.json, packages/agentflow/examples/package.json, packages/agentflow/package.json, packages/api-documentation/package.json and 5 more

package.json scripts (25)

buildturbo run build
build:dockerturbo run build --filter=!@flowiseai/agentflow --filter=!@flowiseai/observe
build-forcepnpm clean && turbo run build --force
devturbo run dev --parallel --no-cache
startrun-script-os
start:windowscd packages/server/bin && run start
start:defaultcd packages/server/bin && ./run start
start-workerrun-script-os
start-worker:windowscd packages/server/bin && run worker
start-worker:defaultcd packages/server/bin && ./run worker
userrun-script-os
user:windowscd packages/server/bin && run user
user:defaultcd packages/server/bin && ./run user
testturbo run test
test:coverageturbo run test:coverage
cleanpnpm -r clean
nukepnpm -r nuke && rimraf node_modules .turbo
formatprettier --write "**/*.{ts,tsx,md}"
linteslint "**/*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx,json,md}"
lint-fixpnpm lint --fix
quickpretty-quick --staged
postinstallhusky install
migration:createpnpm typeorm migration:create
changesetchangeset
changeset:versionchangeset version

Files we read (16)

.github/workflows/docker-image-dockerhub.yml

.github/workflows/docker-image-ecr.yml

.github/workflows/main.yml

.github/workflows/proprietary-path-guard.yml

.github/workflows/publish-agentflow.yml

.github/workflows/test_docker_build.yml

.nvmrc

CONTRIBUTING.md

Dockerfile

README.md

docker/.env.example

docker/worker/.env.example

package.json

packages/server/.env.example

packages/ui/.env.example

pnpm-workspace.yaml

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