**You’ll need to have Node >= 4 on your machine**. We recommend to use Node >= 6 and npm >= 3 for faster installation speed and better disk usage. You can use [nvm](https://github.com/creationix/nvm#usage) to easily switch Node versions between different projects.
**You’ll need to have Node >= 4 on your machine**.
**We strongly recommend to use Node >= 6 and npm >= 3 for faster installation speed and better disk usage.** You can use [nvm](https://github.com/creationix/nvm#usage) to easily switch Node versions between different projects.
**This tool doesn’t assume a Node backend**. The Node installation is only required for the build tools that rely on it locally, such as Webpack and Babel.
