# Quick Start ## Installation > Trillo requires Node.js v.16 or higher. If you don't have it on you machine, download it from the [Node.js site](https://nodejs.org/en) and install it before proceeding. ```sh npm install -g trillo ``` Once installed, we can use the [`trillo serve`](https://trillojs.dev/docs/reference/cli) command to start a [development server](https://trillojs.dev/docs/reference/server#development-mode). ## Hello World ```sh mkdir myapp trillo serve myapp # ... http://localhost:3000 ``` We can add a simple page... ```html Seconds: [[count]] ``` ...and open [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000/) to see the seconds counter live. ## Use in a project Let's create a demo project: ```sh mkdir myproject cd myproject npm init -y npm install trillo mkdir docroot ``` We need to add an entry point with our configuration: ```js // index.js const trillo = require('trillo'); const path = require('path'); new trillo.Server({ port: 3001, rootPath: path.join(__dirname, 'docroot'), }); ``` In TypeScript (or ES6 code) we can use imports instead: ```ts // index.ts import { Server } from 'trillo'; import path from 'path'; new Server({ port: 3001, rootPath: path.join(__dirname, 'docroot'), }); ``` We can now create a page in `docroot/` like shown above and run the project: ```sh node index.js # ... START http://localhost:3001 ``` > When using Trillo in a project we can customize it and add our own services and middleware to the server. All options are documented in the [Server Reference](https://trillojs.dev/docs/reference/server).