Setting up your environment In order to run Mayflower locally, you need to have some things installed and set up on your machine: Install PHP (v5.6.4) See steps for windows || mac os Install NodeJS (v6.9.4+) Switch Node Package Manager (NPM) to the correct directory npm config set prefix /usr/local If you need a different version of NodeJS for another project, you can use a tool like N or NVM to manage multiple versions. Install GulpJS globally Run npm install -g gulp-cli from your command line