Quick Start with ReactPress

Quick Start

The CLI orchestrates every service in the ReactPress architecture. After a global install, init writes project config and dev starts the API, admin, and default visitor site together.

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+ — required for the CLI
• Docker — recommended; default bundled MySQL runs in a container
• MySQL — optional; use your own instance instead of Docker

Install and run

npm i -g @fecommunity/reactpress@3
mkdir reactpress-theme-starter && cd reactpress-theme-starter
reactpress init
reactpress dev

When dev is ready, open the URLs printed in the terminal:

Service	Typical URL
Public site	http://localhost:3001
Admin	http://localhost:3001/admin
API health	http://localhost:3002/api/health

Tips

• Run reactpress with no arguments for the interactive menu.
• Run reactpress doctor or reactpress status if something does not look right.