How to Install Newsdash on macOS

Newsdash is a web-based dashboard for news articles. It is an open-source project available on GitHub. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Newsdash on macOS.

Prerequisites

• A working macOS installation (tested on macOS High Sierra and later).
• Homebrew package manager installed (if not installed, run ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install) in a Terminal window to install).
• Git command-line tool installed (if not installed, run brew install git in a Terminal window to install).

Steps

1. Open a Terminal window on your macOS by pressing Command + Space and search for Terminal. Press Enter to open it.

2. Clone Newsdash repository by running the following command in Terminal window.

   git clone https://github.com/buzz/newsdash.git
   

3. Change your current directory to the Newsdash directory by running the following command.

   cd newsdash
   

4. Install the required dependencies by running the following command.

   npm install
   

5. Start the Newsdash web server by running the following command.

   npm start
   

6. Finally, open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:1234 to see Newsdash running on your machine.

Conclusion

Now you have successfully installed Newsdash on macOS. You can access the dashboard by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:1234. To stop the Newsdash web server, just press Control + C in the Terminal window where you ran npm start.

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