# server > An open-source collaborative music listening and catalogue curation application. ## About This project uses [Feathers](http://feathersjs.com). An open source framework for building APIs and real-time applications. ## Getting Started 1. Make sure you have [NodeJS](https://nodejs.org/) and [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/) installed. 2. Install your dependencies ``` cd path/to/server npm install ``` 3. Start your app ``` npm run compile # Compile TypeScript source npm run migrate # Run migrations to set up the database npm start ``` ## Testing Run `npm test` and all your tests in the `test/` directory will be run. ## Scaffolding This app comes with a powerful command line interface for Feathers. Here are a few things it can do: ``` $ npx feathers help # Show all commands $ npx feathers generate service # Generate a new Service ``` ## Help For more information on all the things you can do with Feathers visit [docs.feathersjs.com](http://docs.feathersjs.com).