How to work with my Todo DB You must use docker (For rethinkdb) docker compose up At rethinkdb menu. Switch to Data explorer, and paste this r.tableCreate('marvel'); r.table('marvel').insert(r.http('http://rethinkdb.com/sample/top-250-ratings.json')) You must download nunjucks, node.js, nodemon, express js nunjucks.js npm install nunjucks Express.js npm install express --save nodemon npm i nodemon node.js https://nodejs.org/en/ If u want start server npm run dev or nodemon app.js or node app.js