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The prevalence of modern, mature PHP development tools and infrastructure makes Craft easy to install, run, upgrade, and deploy.

This quick-start guide focuses solely on setting up a local Craft development environment to try out the alpha. Downloading or installing Craft by any means (including alpha releases) binds you to its license (opens new window).

Quick-Start

Your journey with Craft begins on your local machine, using DDEV (opens new window). DDEV is a Docker-based PHP development environment that streamlines the creation and management of resources required by a Craft project.

Install or update DDEV (opens new window), then follow these steps:

1. Create a project directory and move into it:

   mkdir my-craft-project
   cd my-craft-project/
   

2. Create DDEV configuration files:

   # Note the new project type for 6.x!
   ddev config --project-type=laravel --docroot=public --php-version=8.5 --database=mysql:8.4
   

3. Scaffold the project from the official starter project (opens new window):

   ddev composer create-project "craftcms/craft:^6.0.0-alpha.1"
   

   The setup wizard will start automatically! Accept all defaults (in [square brackets]), and note your chosen username and password.

   Our First-Time Setup (opens new window) guide in the Knowledge Base has more information about what to expect during setup.

Congratulations! You now have a fully-functional Craft application installed and configured. Run ddev launch to view the starter project’s welcome screen.

We have a list of recommended next steps for new Craft users in the 5.x installation guide.