macOS
While you can run Neo4j as a console application, you can also run it as a service. However, you need to create the service manually using launchd. You can find all instructions for running Neo4j as a macOS service in the macOS section of the Operations Manual. The instructions below are to run the console application on macOS computers.
- Download the macOS version of Neo4j listed under Community server
- Unzip the Neo4j download in a folder of your choice
- In command line, navigate to the Neo4j folder where you unzipped the download
- Run
./bin/neo4j consoleto start the server - Run
CTRL+Cto stop the server