# Help please \_\_\_ Error: Command "start" not found

**URL:** <https://community.n8n.io/t/help-please-error-command-start-not-found/154067>\
**Category:** Help me Build my Workflow\
**Created:** [July 22, 2025, 11:13am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/help-please-error-command-start-not-found/154067 "2025-07-22T11:13:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![mian\_khizar](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/mian_khizar/32/102609_2.png) [@mian\_khizar](https://community.n8n.io/u/mian_khizar)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 11:13am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/help-please-error-command-start-not-found/154067/1 "2025-07-22T11:13:28Z")

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i install the n8n locally  
but when i starting it with n8n command or n8n start it gives me error  
Error: Command “start” not found

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**Author:** ![jabbson](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/jabbson/32/87328_2.png) [@jabbson](https://community.n8n.io/u/jabbson)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/help-please-error-command-start-not-found/154067/2 "2025-07-22T18:28:09Z")

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Hey @mian_khizar hope all is well. Welcome to the community.

When you say “locally”, do you mean docker on npm?

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**Author:** ![mian\_khizar](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/mian_khizar/32/102609_2.png) [@mian\_khizar](https://community.n8n.io/u/mian_khizar)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 10:10am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/help-please-error-command-start-not-found/154067/3 "2025-07-24T10:10:29Z")

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i mean npm with that

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**Author:** ![jabbson](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/jabbson/32/87328_2.png) [@jabbson](https://community.n8n.io/u/jabbson)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/help-please-error-command-start-not-found/154067/4 "2025-07-24T13:53:51Z")

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Ok, so I assume you installed it with the following command, right?  
`npm install n8n -g`

How do you start n8n after that?