Quick Start

This quick start is intended for intermediate to advanced developers. For a gentler intro to Gatsby, head to our tutorial!

Use the Gatsby CLI

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Install the Gatsby CLI.

npm install -g gatsby-cli

Create a new site.

gatsby new gatsby-site

Change directories into site folder.

cd gatsby-site

Start development server.

gatsby develop

Gatsby will start a hot-reloading development environment accessible by default at localhost:8000.

Try editing the JavaScript pages in src/pages. Saved changes will live reload in the browser.

Create a production build.

gatsby build

Gatsby will perform an optimized production build for your site, generating static HTML and per-route JavaScript code bundles.

Serve the production build locally.

gatsby serve

Gatsby starts a local HTML server for testing your built site. Remember to build your site using gatsby build before using this command.

Access documentation for CLI commands.

To see detailed documentation for the CLI commands, run gatsby --help in the terminal.

For specific commands, run gatsby COMMAND_NAME --help e.g. gatsby new --help.