# Installation & Setup — Fastify

Source: https://www.geekswithgeeks.com/en/fastify/ff-installation

> Get Fastify installed and create your first project.

## npm install fastify

Start with a Node project, then add Fastify as a dependency.

```bash
mkdir my-fastify-api && cd my-fastify-api
npm init -y
npm install fastify
```

## Enable ESM

Add `"type": "module"` to `package.json` to use modern ES6 imports instead of CommonJS.

## TypeScript support (optional)

Fastify has excellent TypeScript support out of the box.

```bash
npm install --save-dev typescript ts-node @types/node
```