Prerequisites
nut.js comes with a pre-built version of OpenCV for your respective target platform. In order to use these pre-compiled bindings, certain runtime conditions have to be met.
Windows#
In order to install nut.js on Windows, please make sure to have the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable installed.
In case you're running Windows 10 N, please make sure to have the Media Feature Pack installed as well.
macOS#
On macOS, Xcode command line tools are required. You can install them by running:
Attention:
In case you're experiencing problems like your mouse not moving or your keyboard not typing, please make sure to give the process you're executing your tests with accessibility permissions.
nut.js will give you a subtle hint in case permissions are lacking:
##### WARNING! The application running this script is not a trusted process! Please visit https://github.com/nut-tree/nut.js#macos #####
When an application wants to use accessibility features, a permission pop-up should be shown. If not, you could try to manually add the application you're running the script from.
Settings -> Security & Privacy -> Privacy tab -> Accessibility -> Add...
For example, if you want to execute your node script in e.g. iTerm2, you'd have to add iTerm.app to the list.
When running your script from a built-in terminal in e.g. VSCode or IntelliJ, you'd have to add the respective IDE.
Linux#
Depending on your distribution, Linux setups may differ.
In general, nut.js requires
- libXtst
Installation on *buntu distributions:
Setups on other distributions might differ.
node#
nut.js is built and tested against various versions of node.
However, for best compatibility, it's recommended to run the latest available LTS version of node (lts/gallium at the time of writing) and using a version manager like nvm.