# Reference Application
source: https://developer.mastercard.com/open-finance-au/documentation/reference-app/index.md

The Reference Application allows you to explore Mastercard Open Finance for Australia to incorporate it into your product. This application allows you to:

* Create test customers
* Obtain consent to access test accounts data
* Retrieve the data from the shared accounts

## Get the source code {#get-the-source-code}

The Reference Application source code is available on GitHub:

<https://github.com/Mastercard/open-banking-reference-application-australia>

## Compatibility {#compatibility}

You will need the following:

* Node (v14+)
* ReactJS (v18.3.1)

The application is built using the ReactJS framework. ReactJS requires Node version 14+. We recommend that you use one of NodeJS's LTS releases or one of the [more general recent releases](https://github.com/nodejs/Release).
A Node version manager such as [nvm](https://github.com/creationix/nvm) (Mac and Linux) or [nvm-windows](https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm-windows) can help with this.

## Installation {#installation}

Before using the application, you will need to set up a project on your local machine. The following commands will help you to get the latest code and install the required dependencies on your machine:

```shell
git clone https://github.com/Mastercard/open-banking-reference-application-australia.git
cd open-banking-reference-application-australia
npm i
```

See the [GitHub readme](https://github.com/Mastercard/open-banking-reference-application-australia/blob/main/README.md) for further information.