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+# Build NDK
+
+NDK is structured as a monorepo using `pnpm` as the package manager.
+
+```
+git clone https://github.com/nostr-dev-kit/ndk
+cd ndk
+pnpm install
+pnpm build
+```
+
+If you only care about building ndk core and not the family of packages you can just
+
+```
+git clone https://github.com/nostr-dev-kit/ndk
+cd ndk
+pnpm install
+cd ndk
+pnpm build
+```
+