please install the following version of : Node 6.9.1 Ionic CLI 2.2.2 Ionic App lib 2.2.1 Cordova CLI 6.5.0 after installing node, the command line to install [ionic cli, ionic app(with angular2) and cordova cli]: $ npm install -g cordova $ npm install -g ionic then open the project, $ cd (path to project) and run the localhost server with $ ionic serve