# Quickstart

Welcome to the SQLMesh quickstart, which will get you up and running with an example project.

The example project runs locally on your machine with a DuckDB SQL engine, and SQLMesh will generate all the necessary project files - no configuration necessary!

All you need to do is install SQLMesh on your machine - get started by ensuring your system meets the basic [prerequisites for using SQLMesh](./prerequisites.md).

Head over to the [CLI Quickstart](./quickstart/cli.md) or check out the video below. 

## Video Quickstart

This video walks through the quickstart installation, setup, and creating your first plan with the SQLMesh command-line interface in just 5 minutes!

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If you're ready to keep going after your first plan, head over to the [CLI Quickstart Step 3](./quickstart/cli.md#3-update-a-model) to start modifying the project's models.