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---
id: version-0.12.0-node
title: Node.js
original_id: node
---
## Installation
### npm
Install with `npm`:
```bash
npm install katex
# or globally
npm install -g katex
```
### Yarn
Install with `Yarn`:
```bash
yarn add katex
# or globally
yarn global add katex
```
### Building from Source
To build you will need Git, Node.js 10 or later, and Yarn.
Clone a copy of the GitHub source repository and its submodules:
```bash
git clone --recursive https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX.git
cd KaTeX
```
Then install dependencies and run `build` script:
```bash
yarn
yarn build
```
It will automatically transpile code and include only necessary fonts for
target environments specified by [Browserslist config](https://github.com/browserslist/browserslist#environment-variables).
For example, if you are making a web app for a kiosk with Chrome 68, run
`BROWSERSLIST="Chrome 68" yarn build` and it will produce build with no
transpilation, as it fully supports ES6, and only include WOFF2 fonts.
You can override included fonts using environment variables. Set `USE_(FONT NAME)`
environment variable to `"true"` or `"false"`, to force a font type to be included
or excluded, respectively.`
If you'd like to use the built KaTeX in other projects, install the package by
specifying the path:
```bash
yarn add /path/to/KaTeX
# or using npm
npm install /path/to/KaTeX
```
> You can manually download the package and source code from
[GitHub releases](https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/releases).
## Importing
KaTeX is exported as a CommonJS module, which can be imported using `require`:
```js
const katex = require('katex');
```
If you're using a module loader, transpiler, or bundler that supports interoperability
between ECMAScript module and CommonJS module, you can use `import`:
```js
import katex from 'katex';
```
KaTeX also provides an ECMAScript module:
```js
import katex from 'katex/dist/katex.mjs'
```
> The ES module contains ES6 syntaxes and features, and may need transpiling to
use in old environments.
See the [API](api.html) for available functions in the `katex` module.
## Including in webpages
To render any HTML generated by e.g. `katex.renderToString`, you will
still need to link the CSS file, make the KaTeX font files available to the
client, and use the HTML5 doctype. See [browser usage](browser.html).
Note, however, that you do not need to include `katex.js` on the client.
## Using mhchem extension
The [mhchem extension](https://github.com/Khan/KaTeX/tree/master/contrib/mhchem)
adds its features by modifying the `katex` module. So you can use KaTeX with
mhchem in Node as follows:
```js
const katex = require('katex');
require('katex/dist/contrib/mhchem.js'); // modify katex module
const html = katex.renderToString('\\ce{CO2 + C -> 2 C0}");
```