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description: Follow these steps to launch Aidbox locally using Docker
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# Run Aidbox locally

## Prerequisites

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<img src="../../assets/docker.avif" alt="Docker logo" data-size="original">

Please **make sure** that both [Docker & Docker Compose](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/) are installed.
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## Steps

### 1. Create a directory

```sh
mkdir aidbox && cd aidbox
```

### 2. Run Aidbox on Docker

```bash
curl -JO https://aidbox.app/runme && docker compose up
```

This command downloads the Aidbox script and starts Aidbox using Docker Compose.

### 3. Access Aidbox

Open in browser [http://localhost:8080/](http://localhost:8080)

### 4. Activate your Aidbox instance

<figure><img src="../../assets/image.avif" alt="Aidbox activation screen"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

Click "Continue with Aidbox account" and create a free Aidbox account in [Aidbox user portal](https://aidbox.app/).

More about Aidbox licenses [here](../overview/aidbox-user-portal/licenses.md)

### 5. **Discover Aidbox features using Notebooks**

Use Getting Started Notebooks to explore basic Aidbox features

<figure><img src="../../assets/df2411cb-46ef-4ee2-b7c7-c02b30a35afc.avif" alt="Aidbox UI: notebooks"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

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**Aidbox Notebooks**

Notebooks are interactive tutorials within the Aidbox UI with built-in REST, RPC, and SQL editors and the ability to execute requests and queries on the fly and see the result. You can use pre-built or create your own Notebooks. [Learn more.](../overview/aidbox-ui/README.md)
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## Next steps

* Learn more about [Aidbox Configuration](../configuration/configure-aidbox-and-multibox.md)
* Unlock additional capabilities of [Aidbox UI](../overview/aidbox-ui/)
* Dive into the built-in [Aidbox Notebooks](../overview/aidbox-ui/README.md)