# Installation

### CommandBox

If you're using CommandBox to manage your BoxLang server, it's as easy as running `install bx-orm`:

```
box install bx-orm
```

You may need to install `bx-compat-cfml` as well for backwards-compatible ORM behaviors:

```
box install bx-orm bx-compat-cfml
```

### install-bx-module

For miniserver usage outside of CommandBox, use the `install-bx-module` CLI command:

```
install-bx-module bx-orm
```

Note that bx-orm currently only supports the web runtime.


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