pear-docs/guide/making-a-pear-terminal-app.md

Making a Pear Terminal Application

Step 1. Install modules

This app uses these modules: hyperswarm, hypercore-crypto, and b4a.

$ npm i hyperswarm hypercore-crypto b4a

Note: If the modules are installed while the app is running an error is thrown similar to Cannot find package 'hyperswarm' imported from /app.js. When installing modules, close down the app, before they can be installed.

• hyperswarm. One of the main building blocks. Find peers that share a "topic".
• hypercore-crypto. A set of crypto function used in Pear.
• b4a. A set of functions for bridging the gap between the Node.js Buffer class and the Uint8Array class.

Step 2.