# Install the package

*nods · Start*

Four MIT packages write the record, draw the credit and open its card. They need no account and call no server.

## Install two packages to draw a credit.

`@nodsto/record` holds the record and checks it. `@nodsto/credit` draws the line from it.

```
npm install @nodsto/record @nodsto/credit
```

## Each package does one job.

| Package | What it holds | Where it runs |
|---|---|---|
| `@nodsto/record` | The record, its roles, the check that it is sound, and its JSON-LD and humans.txt. | In your build |
| `@nodsto/credit` | The line in the footer, its stylesheet, and the script that opens a card. | The line in your build, the card in the browser |
| `@nodsto/templates` | 11 templates to copy into your project, among them the line styles and the cards. | In your build |
| `@nodsto/page` | The record as a page of plain HTML at an address of your own. | In your build |

All four are under the MIT licence.

## Copy the templates into your project.

A template is a function that returns markup, and a stylesheet. You copy its folder and the files become yours to edit. Your build imports your copy, so an update to the package leaves it as you made it.

Terminal

```
npm install @nodsto/templates
mkdir -p src/nods
cp -R node_modules/@nodsto/templates/panel-record src/nods/
cp -R node_modules/@nodsto/templates/panel-poster src/nods/
```

`@nodsto/templates/manifest.json` lists every template with its files and its tokens. [Open a card from the credit](https://docs.nods.to/cards/) shows one in use.

## The credit adds nothing a page has to wait for.

- The line is HTML and a stylesheet, written in your build.
- It runs no script and makes no request when the page loads.
- It sets no cookie.
- The block for the record on the [next page](https://docs.nods.to/record/) is 1048 bytes gzipped, stylesheet and markup together.

## Questions

**Does a credit run a script when the page loads?**

No. The line is HTML and a stylesheet, written in your build. It runs no script and makes no request when the page loads.

**Does it set a cookie?**

No. It sets no cookie.

**Do the packages need an account?**

No. All four are under the MIT licence, need no account and make no request to nods.

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https://docs.nods.to/install/ · nods 0.1.0 · MIT