Installation

Neo4j Desktop is free to download and includes a Neo4j Enterprise Edition Developer license. This gives you access to all the capabilities and features of Neo4j Enterprise Edition, with the limitation that these can only be used by you and on a single machine.

System requirements

Table 1. Software requirements

macOS

10.10+ (Yosemite)

Ubuntu

22.04

Debian

11

Windows

10, with PowerShell 5.1+

Desktop comes bundled with the latest Neo4j Enterprise Edition DBMS version and the Java JDK version required by the DBMS. For MacOS, nothing is bundled but rather downloaded at runtime when needed.

Download and install

Neo4j Desktop can be found at the Neo4j Deployment center and is available on Mac, Linux, and Windows.

Go to Deployment Center and download, then see instructions below:

First, find the .dmg file in the Downloads folder and double-click it. This will open the Neo4j Desktop installer.

Second, drag and drop Neo4j Desktop to the Applications folder.

Lastly, open the Applications folder and double-click the Neo4j icon to launch Neo4j Desktop.

First, locate the newly downloaded AppImage file of Neo4j Desktop. Make the file executable by running the following command chmod +x FILE_NAME. Second, double-click the downloaded file to launch the Neo4j Desktop app.

First, locate the newly downloaded file and double-click it to begin the installation. Then follow the on-screen steps to complete the installation.