frontend frameworks⏱10 minutes
Get Started with ActionHero
Quick Summary
“Realtime multi-transport Node.js API server with cluster capabilities.”
Best for: Building scalable API servers
Time to first integration: 10 minutes
📋Prerequisites
- ✓Node.js 18+ installed
- ✓A ActionHero account — sign up here
- ✓An existing project (Next.js, React, or Node.js recommended)
Setup Steps
3 steps1
1
Install ActionHero
Install ActionHero globally using npm.
bash
npm install -g actionhero2
2
Create a new ActionHero project
Initialize a new ActionHero project.
bash
actionhero generate3
3
Start the ActionHero server
Run the server to start your API.
bash
npm startCommon Gotchas
Watch out for these issues in your first week.
TypeScript configuration errors
Fix: Ensure tsconfig.json is correctly set up for your project.
Cluster setup complexity
Fix: Refer to community guides for best practices on clustering.