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Install N8N Locally on Windows Machine Using NodeJS

August 06, 2025 , ,
As the era of AI & Automation is dominating the industry. Its high time that software engineers also upgrade their day to day task skills with automatic workflows or AI-enabled automations. N8N is one such tool that allows you to create AI-Enabled or Non-AI automation workflows to make your work more productive free of cost is installed locally.

Today, I shall be demonstrating local installation of N8N tool on Windows 10/11 machine using NodeJS.

 


Prerequisites:

Before proceeding any further in this article, following are some of the many prerequisites for this article:
  1. Installation of NodeJS.
  2. Knowledge of NodeJS.
  3. Knowledge of Windows Command Prompt.

By default N8N tool is installed on windows drive C: but, if you are interested to install N8N tool on drive D: or the drive of your choice on windows machine then check out my exclusive article. This exclusive article also details the setup or registration process of the N8N tool. 

Exclusive Article: Install & Setup N8N on Drive D:

Let's begin now.

1) First you need to download and install the NodeJS specific version. N8N tool supports NodJS version between 18 to 22. I have installed NodeJS version 22.16.0 LTS. Make sure your version is LTS supported, otherwise you might get into errors.




 
2) Now next step is to open Windows Command Prompt not necessarily administrator.

 
3) Follow official instructions for installation or type below command i.e.

npm install n8n -g

4) Next, use below command to start the tool i.e.

call n8n start


The module N8N tool is successfully installed. Checkout my exclusive article for setup or registration of the N8N tool.



Conclusion

In this article, you will learn to install N8N AI automation workflow tool on windows 10/11 machine using NodeJS. I recommend to checkout the official documentation in case of any new changes for installation. You can also checkout my exclusive article, if you are interested to install N8N tool on drive D: or the drive of your choice on windows machine. My exclusive article also details the setup or registration process of the N8N tool.

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