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> The project is still in an early stage. Documentation may be missing and examples may be broken.
# bpmn-js - BPMN 2.0 for the web
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[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/bpmn-io/bpmn-js.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/bpmn-io/bpmn-js)
[bpmn-js](https://github.com/bpmn-io/bpmn-js) is a BPMN 2.0 diagram rendering toolkit and web modeler.
[![bpmn-js in action](https://github.com/bpmn-io/bpmn-js/blob/master/resources/screencast.gif)](http://demo.bpmn.io/s/start)
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## Usage
> No need for additional setup: Try out our [seed project](https://github.com/bpmn-io/bpmn-js-seed) or use the [pre-packaged version](https://github.com/bpmn-io/bower-bpmn-js) of the library.
Get the library via [npm](http://npmjs.org) or [Bower](http://bower.io/) and use it in your web applications to display [BPMN 2.0 diagrams](http://www.bpmn.org/).
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```javascript
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var BpmnViewer = require('bpmn-js');
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var xml; // my BPMN 2.0 xml
var viewer = new BpmnViewer({ container: 'body' });
viewer.importXML(xml, function(err) {
if (err) {
console.log('error rendering', err);
} else {
console.log('rendered');
}
});
```
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## Install bpmn-js
### via bower
```
bower install bpmn-js
```
Make sure to include the library + all dependencies into the website.
Checkout an [example project](https://github.com/bpmn-io/bpmn-js-examples/tree/master/simple-bower) that shows how to use the library in web applications.
### via npm
```
npm install --save bpmn-js
```
Make sure you use [browserify](http://browserify.org) or the like to bundle your project and bpmn-js for the browser.
Checkout an [example project](https://github.com/bpmn-io/bpmn-js-examples/tree/master/simple-commonjs) that shows how to use bpmn-js in node-style web applications.
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## Resources
* [Demo](http://demo.bpmn.io)
* [Issues](https://github.com/bpmn-io/bpmn-js/issues)
* [Examples](https://github.com/bpmn-io/bpmn-js-examples)
* [Forum](https://forum.bpmn.io)
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## Tools
bpmn-js builds on top of a few additional powerful tools
* [bpmn-moddle](https://github.com/bpmn-io/bpmn-moddle): Read / write support for BPMN 2.0 XML in the browsers
* [diagram-js](https://github.com/bpmn-io/diagram-js): Diagram rendering and editing toolkit
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## Building the Project
As long as the project is in alpha stage, you must make sure you setup the whole development environment, including a number of [project dependencies](https://github.com/bpmn-io) according to [our development setup](https://github.com/bpmn-io/bpmn-js/blob/master/docs/project/SETUP.md).
## License
Use under the terms of the [bpmn.io license](http://bpmn.io/license).