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Install Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ Toolkit from npm Registry

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Install Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ Toolkit from npm Registry

.. meta:: :description: Learn how to install OpenVINO™ Runtime on Windows, Linux, and macOS operating systems, using the npm registry.

.. note::

Note that the npm distribution:

  • offers the JavaScript API only
  • is dedicated to users of all major OSes: Windows, Linux, and macOS (all x86_64 / arm64 architectures)
  • macOS offers support only for CPU inference

Before installing OpenVINO, see the :doc:System Requirements page <../../../about-openvino/release-notes-openvino/system-requirements>.

Installing OpenVINO Node.js ###########################

  1. Make sure that you have installed Node.js and npm <https://nodejs.org/en/download>__ on your system.

  2. Navigate to your project directory and run the following command in the terminal:

    .. code-block:: sh

    npm install openvino-node

.. note::

The openvino-node npm package runs in Node.js environment only and provides a subset of OpenVINO Runtime C++ API <https://docs.openvino.ai/2026/api/c_cpp_api/group__ov__cpp__api.html>__.

What's Next? ####################

Now that you’ve installed OpenVINO npm package, you’re ready to run your own machine learning applications! Explore :doc:OpenVINO Node.js API <../../api/nodejs_api/nodejs_api> to learn more about how to integrate a model in Node.js applications.

Additional Resources ####################