First

Visit https://github.com/Quartz/Chartbuilder

Click the 'Download ZIP' button (look at the bottom of the right-side nav).

Go to your default downloads directory (folder) and unzip it.

Optional but ideal - move this new 'Chartbuilder-master' directory to a sensible directory such as Projects or Sites, etc.

Next

Open your 'Terminal' program and do some basic Unix as follows:

Figure out which directory you're currently in by typing:

pwd means 'print working directory'

ls means 'list' what's in this directory.

Change into your Projects or Sites directory by typing cd followed by the respective path to that directory.

To change directories backward, i.e. start from a parent directory one level up, type:

cd ../

Or, to go all the way back to your root (home) directory, type:

cd ~

That little 'tilde' charachter is before the 1 key at the far left of your keyboard's numbers row. Press SHIFT at the same time.

Then

Once you've navigated to the immediate parent directory of your unzipped Chartbuilder directory, change into it by typing:

cd Chart and then just hit the TAB key to autocomplete the directory name

Or just type it all in as:

cd Chartbuilder-master/

Cool

Now start a local web server by typing:

python -m SimpleHTTPServer

Okay, go to a web browser and visit http://localhost:8000

You should see the Chartbuilder tool!

Bam!

Start visualizing data

Hint: Your installation of the Chartbuilder tool should look exactly like the hosted version at http://quartz.github.io/Chartbuilder

If not, hit me up.

Oh yeah, wait

To stop running the local server in the Terminal, press:

CTRL C

Clear up the messy output by pressing:

CMD K