# Create and run the React and Vite starter

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## Requirements

- Node.js 22 or newer
- A supported package manager; the source starter commits an npm lockfile
- A modern browser

## Create the application

Install the CLI, then initialize a web project:

```bash
npm install --global form0-cli
form0 init my-form-app
```

Choose **Web app** and **React + Vite** when prompted. Enter the generated directory, install its
dependencies if the selected flow has not already done so, and start the application:

```bash
cd my-form-app
npm install
npm run dev
```

Open the URL printed by Vite, normally `http://localhost:5173`. The home page lists the included
example forms and their page and overlay presentations.

## Run with form0-cli

From the project directory, `form0 serve --app` starts the configured application server alongside
the CLI development server. Use this mode when you want the starter's default submission handler to
reach locally configured connectors.

```bash
form0 serve --app
```

See [App development servers](/cli/local-development/app-development-servers) and
[Submissions and connectors](/starter-apps/react-vite/submissions-connectors) for the boundary
between the browser application, CLI server, and database connector.