# Symphony Messaging Generator

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**Prerequisite**: Install NodeJS first, either [directly](https://nodejs.org/en) or via [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm). You can also use other package managers like [bun](https://bun.sh) or [yarn](https://yarnpkg.com), which the generator will attempt to use before falling back to npm.
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The Symphony Generator is a yeoman-based CLI tool that can be used to quickly generate Symphony Messaging bot, app and workflow project scaffolds. You can create example projects that use our developer toolkits:

* BDK for Java
* BDK for Python
* WDK
* ADK

## Quick Start

Install yeoman and the Symphony Messaging Generator.

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```bash
$ npm i -g yo @finos/generator-symphony
```

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```bash
$ yarn global add yo @finos/generator-symphony
```

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```bash
$ bun add -g yo @finos/generator-symphony
```

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Then, create a directory for your new project and launch the generator.

```bash
$ mkdir mybot && cd $_
$ yo @finos/symphony
```

Configure your bot, workflow or app environments accordingly.