# Having trouble installing @Kintone/create-plugin **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** plugin, devtools\ **Created:** [August 9, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.kintone.dev/t/having-trouble-installing-kintone-create-plugin/538 "2022-08-09T18:05:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darnell\_Alexander](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.kintone.dev/darnell_alexander/32/96_2.png) [@Darnell\_Alexander](https://forum.kintone.dev/u/Darnell_Alexander)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.kintone.dev/t/having-trouble-installing-kintone-create-plugin/538/1 "2022-08-09T18:05:35Z")
So I’m new to Kintone and don’t know much. So I attempted to create a plugin using the npm create-plugin, but the file is too large to import. How should I go about changing it to make it work? ---
**Author:** ![Genji](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.kintone.dev/genji/32/646_2.png) [@Genji](https://forum.kintone.dev/u/Genji)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.kintone.dev/t/having-trouble-installing-kintone-create-plugin/538/2 "2022-08-10T03:50:29Z")
Hello @Darnell_Alexander , Welcome to the Kintone Developer Forum & thank you for posting your question! To better help you out, please provide more information such as: - Error message you got (Screenshot is OK 👌) - Your development environment (OS, NPM version, & Node version) I successfully installed the `@kintone/create-plugin` npm package and successfully created a plugin template on my local machine with the following commands: ```bash npm install -g @kintone/create-plugin create-kintone-plugin Sample_Plugin ``` The `Sample_Plugin` folder took up 116.2 MB on my MacBook running Node 16.16.0. ### Learning about [@kintone](https://forum.kintone.dev/groups/kintone)/create-plugin Dev Tool For more information on `@kintone/create-plugin`, refer to: - [Create Plug-in Templates using create-plugin - Kintone Developer Program](https://kintone.dev/en/plugins/plug-in-tool-guides/create-plug-in-templates-using-create-plugin/) tutorial - [kintone/js-sdk/packages/create-plugin](https://github.com/kintone/js-sdk/tree/master/packages/create-plugin) GitHub Repo ### Getting Started With Kintone? Here are a few resources to help you get familiar with Kintone - [Intro to Kintone - Kintone, No-Code Enterprise Applications Platform](https://www.kintone.com/en-us/intro/) - [1. Welcome to Kintone - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6fSWSvAWtE&list=PLJOThIyQA7oPI0X9mbApJuyCjHEskxukS) - [Navigating Through Kintone As An End User - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAI2ZQ8x4Nw) ### Kintone x Plug-in Development Here are a few resources that go over building Plug-ins for Kintone - [Kintone Technical Training - Plug-in - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DQD0HO4Fks) - [SDK / Tools - Kintone Developer Program](https://kintone.dev/en/sdk/) - [Plug-ins - Kintone Developer Program](https://kintone.dev/en/plugins/) Happy Coding, Genji ---
**Author:** ![Darnell\_Alexander](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.kintone.dev/darnell_alexander/32/96_2.png) [@Darnell\_Alexander](https://forum.kintone.dev/u/Darnell_Alexander)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.kintone.dev/t/having-trouble-installing-kintone-create-plugin/538/3 "2022-08-10T06:03:20Z")
![bsdgbzzjsz](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/kintone/original/1X/8944c11db29a91970b4925339930bcda232e35b1.jpeg) Development Environment: - Windows 10 - npm version 8.12.1 - node v18.4.0 But if the sample\_plugin is over the 100 MB limit, how do I import it? ---
**Author:** ![Genji](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.kintone.dev/genji/32/646_2.png) [@Genji](https://forum.kintone.dev/u/Genji)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 6:39am UTC](https://forum.kintone.dev/t/having-trouble-installing-kintone-create-plugin/538/4 "2022-08-10T06:39:50Z")
Thank you for the screenshot @Darnell_Alexander . Oh, so you were not having a problem on the terminal side with `@kintone/create-plugin` dev tool. Instead, you are unable to upload your plug-in build file to your Kintone Subdomain Kintone. Is this correct? If this is the case, did you run `npm run build` when creating the `Trim (2).zip` file? What is `Trim (2).zip` file size? ---
**Author:** ![Darnell\_Alexander](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.kintone.dev/darnell_alexander/32/96_2.png) [@Darnell\_Alexander](https://forum.kintone.dev/u/Darnell_Alexander)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 11:06am UTC](https://forum.kintone.dev/t/having-trouble-installing-kintone-create-plugin/538/5 "2022-08-10T11:06:28Z")
Thank you. It seems that I had forgotten to run the build command and just zipped the entire folder. ---
**Author:** ![tonni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@tonni](https://forum.kintone.dev/u/tonni)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 8:14am UTC](https://forum.kintone.dev/t/having-trouble-installing-kintone-create-plugin/538/6 "2025-07-15T08:14:34Z")
No problem, this kind of issue is common when you are just starting out. If your plugin file is too large to import, first check what is making it heavy. Sometimes extra files or packages get added that you don't really need. Try to remove anything unnecessary and keep the build as simple as possible. If you have worked on CMS website development, it's the same idea. Every system has its limits, so keeping the code clean and lightweight helps things run better. Make small changes and test until it works.