# Getting Started with Budibase

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### 1. Global install budibase

`npm install -g budibase`

### 2. Start using Budibase

Create a directory to store your Budibase apps

`mkdir my-budibase`

`cd my-budibase`

Initialise Budibase in current directory

`budi init`

Create a new Budibase app

`budi new my-app`

Run Budibase

`budi`

You can now access the Budibase builder on http://localhost:4001/_builder

Start building!

Once you have created your app, you need to create yourself an instance of your app (i.e. a database)

`budi instance my-app`


## Documentation

A work in progress, lives here: https://docs.budibase.com

## Contributing

Contributers, see [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md)