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title: Install Tinybird Local
meta:
    description: Learn how to install Tinybird Local on your machine.
headingMaxLevels: 2
---

# Install Tinybird

Tinybird Local consists of a CLI tool and a containerized version of Tinybird that you can install on your machine or deploy on a cloud provider.

For a quick start guide, see [Deploy a new project in five minutes](/forward).

## Prerequisites

To install and use Tinybird Local on your machine, you need to have the following prerequisites:

- [A free Tinybird account](https://cloud.tinybird.co)
- A container runtime, like Docker or Orbstack
- Linux or macOS

## Install Tinybird on your machine

To install Tinybird, run the following command:

{% snippet title="install-tinybird-forward" /%}

This installs the Tinybird CLI and the [Tinybird Local container](/forward/install-tinybird/local).

## Authenticate with Tinybird Cloud

The best way to deploy your Tinybird project is Tinybird Cloud, a managed platform available in several cloud providers and regions.

### Current Tinybird regions

{% table %}
* Region
* Provider
* Provider region
* API base URL
---
* Europe (London)
* GCP
* europe-west2
* [https://api.europe-west2.gcp.tinybird.co](https://api.europe-west2.gcp.tinybird.co)
---
* Europe (Frankfurt)
* GCP
* europe-west3
* [https://api.tinybird.co](https://api.tinybird.co)
---
* US East (Virginia)
* GCP
* us-east4
* [https://api.us-east.tinybird.co](https://api.us-east.tinybird.co)
---
* North America (Toronto)
* GCP
* northamerica-northeast2
* [https://api.northamerica-northeast2.gcp.tinybird.co](https://api.northamerica-northeast2.gcp.tinybird.co)
---
* Europe (Frankfurt)
* AWS
* eu-central-1
* [https://api.eu-central-1.aws.tinybird.co](https://api.eu-central-1.aws.tinybird.co)
---
* Europe (Ireland)
* AWS
* eu-west-1
* [https://api.eu-west-1.aws.tinybird.co](https://api.eu-west-1.aws.tinybird.co)
---
* US East (Virginia)
* AWS
* us-east-1
* [https://api.us-east.aws.tinybird.co](https://api.us-east.aws.tinybird.co)
---
* US West (Oregon)
* AWS
* us-west-2
* [https://api.us-west-2.aws.tinybird.co](https://api.us-west-2.aws.tinybird.co)
---
* Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)
* AWS
* ap-east-1
* [https://api.ap-east-1.aws.tinybird.co](https://api.ap-east-1.aws.tinybird.co)
---
* Asia Pacific (Sydney, Australia)
* AWS
* ap-southeast-2
* [https://api.ap-southeast-2.aws.tinybird.co](https://api.ap-southeast-2.aws.tinybird.co)
{% /table %}

To authenticate your local environment with Tinybird Cloud, run the following command:

```bash
tb login
```

This opens a browser window where you can sign in to Tinybird Cloud.

## Install on a cloud provider

To install Tinybird on a cloud provider, see [Self-managed cloud](/forward/install-tinybird/self-managed).

## Next steps

- Follow the [Deploy a new project in five minutes](/forward) quick start guide.
- Familiarize yourself with the core concepts of Tinybird. See [Concepts](/forward/get-started/concepts).
- Learn about datafiles and their format. See [Datafiles](/forward/dev-reference/datafiles).