Nuxt.js is really easy to get started with. A simple project only needs the nuxt dependency.

Using create-nuxt-app

To get started quickly, the Nuxt.js team has created scaffolding tool create-nuxt-app.

Make sure you have npx installed (npx is shipped by default since NPM 5.2.0)

$ npx create-nuxt-app <project-name>

Or with yarn:

$ yarn create nuxt-app <project-name>

It will ask you some questions:

1. Choose between integrated server-side frameworks:
   • None (Nuxt default server)
   • Express
   • Koa
   • Hapi
   • Feathers
   • Micro
   • Fastify
   • Adonis (WIP)
2. Choose your favorite UI framework:
   • None (feel free to add one later)
   • Bootstrap
   • Vuetify
   • Bulma
   • Tailwind
   • Element UI
   • Ant Design Vue
   • Buefy
   • iView
   • Tachyons
3. Choose your favorite testing framework:
   • None (feel free to add one later)
   • Jest
   • AVA
4. The Nuxt mode you want (Universal or SPA)
5. Add axios module to make HTTP request easily into your application.
6. Add EsLint to Lint your code on save.
7. Add Prettier to prettify your code on save.

When answered, it will install all the dependencies so the next step is to navigate to the project folder and launch it with:

$ cd <project-name>
$ npm run dev

The application is now running on http://localhost:3000.

To discover more about the directory structure of the project: Directory Structure Documentation.

Starting from scratch

Creating a Nuxt.js project from scratch is easy, only 1 file and 1 directory are required. Create an empty directory to start:

$ mkdir <project-name>
$ cd <project-name>

The package.json

Every project needs a package.json file to start nuxt. Copy this json into your package.json and save before running npm install (below):

{
  "name": "my-app",
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "nuxt"
  }
}

scripts will launch Nuxt.js via npm run dev.

Installing nuxt

With the package.json created, add nuxt to the project via npm:

$ npm install --save nuxt

The pages directory

Nuxt.js transforms every *.vue file inside a pages directory as a route for the application.

Create the pages directory:

$ mkdir pages

then create the first page in pages/index.vue:

<template>
  <h1>Hello world!</h1>
</template>

and launch the project with:

$ npm run dev

The application is now running on http://localhost:3000.

To discover more about the directory structure of the project: Directory Structure Documentation.