Installing Bit

To use Bit you will need to install it globally. You can do this by first installing BVM, a version manager for Bit and then installing Bit.

Quick Guide

For those that don't like reading docs feel free to follow the quick guide at the top of each page.

1. Install BVM (Bits Version Manager)

NPM

npm i -g @teambit/bvm

Yarn

yarn global add @teambit/bvm

2. Install Bit using BVM

bvm install

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Install BVM

BVM is a version manager for Bit. Using BVM makes it easier to install and manage multiple versions of Bit in a single environment.

NPM

npm i -g @teambit/bvm

Yarn

yarn global add @teambit/bvm

You should see a progress bar while BVM is installing and once finished you can use BVM to install Bit.

➡️ Learn more about BVM and it's commands, including troubleshooting information.

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Install Bit

Once BVM is installed you can install the latest version of Bit using the bvm install command.

bvm install

note

If you get a warning or the bvm command is not available you will need to run the code below. You can learn more about this in the BVM guide.

MacOS / Linux

Bash

echo 'export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc

ZSH

echo 'export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.zshrc && source ~/.zshrc

Windows

setx path "%path%;%LocalAppData%\.bvm"

tip

Use bit --help or bit -h to get a list of available options.

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BVM and Bit Versions

To check your version of BVM and Bit and see what the latest version is run the bvm version command.

bvm version

Upgrading BVM

To upgrade to the latest version of BVM:

NPM

npm i -g @teambit/bvm

Yarn

yarn global add @teambit/bvm

Upgrading Bit

To upgrade to the latest version of Bit:

bvm upgrade

Have a legacy version of bit installed on your machine?

Use the bbit command to run Bit's latest version and the bit command for Bit's legacy version.

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What's next?

Once you have installed Bit and BVM you can then initialize a workspace so you can manage your components.