> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.sailresearch.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Quickstart > Start your first Sailbox and run code inside it Start a Sailbox, run code inside it, inspect the filesystem, and clean it up.
1

Create a Sail account

Sign up at the [Sail dashboard](https://app.sailresearch.com).
2

Install the Sail CLI

```bash theme={null} # macOS and Linux curl -fsSL https://cli.sailresearch.com/install.sh | sh # Windows PowerShell irm https://cli.sailresearch.com/install.ps1 | iex ```
3

Create and connect to your first Sailbox

```bash theme={null} $ sail shell # open the Sailbox TUI sail ▶ create --app sailbox-quickstart --name quickstart # create a Sailbox sail ▶ connect # connect to the Sailbox as root root@quickstart:~# ... root@quickstart:~# exit # return to sail shell sail ▶ top # view live Sailbox usage sail ▶ terminate # terminate the Sailbox sail ▶ exit # close sail shell ```
1

Create a Sail account

Sign up at the [Sail dashboard](https://app.sailresearch.com).
2

Install the Python SDK

```bash theme={null} pip install sail # or uv add sail ```
3

Authenticate

```bash theme={null} sail auth login ```
4

Create and run a Sailbox

Create `quickstart.py`: ```python theme={null} import sail app = sail.App.find(name="sailbox-quickstart", mint_if_missing=True) sb = sail.Sailbox.create(app=app, name="quickstart") result = sb.run("python3 -c 'print(\"hello world\")'") print(result.stdout) sb.fs.write("/tmp/note.txt", "from my machine") print(sb.fs.read("/tmp/note.txt").decode()) sb.terminate() ```
5

Run it

```bash theme={null} python quickstart.py ```
1

Create a Sail account

Sign up at the [Sail dashboard](https://app.sailresearch.com).
2

Install the TypeScript SDK

```bash theme={null} npm install @sailresearch/sdk npm install --save-dev tsx ```
3

Install the Sail CLI

```bash theme={null} # macOS and Linux curl -fsSL https://cli.sailresearch.com/install.sh | sh # Windows PowerShell irm https://cli.sailresearch.com/install.ps1 | iex ```
4

Authenticate

```bash theme={null} sail auth login ```
5

Create and run a Sailbox

Create `quickstart.ts`: ```typescript theme={null} import { App, Sailbox } from "@sailresearch/sdk"; async function main() { const app = await App.find("sailbox-quickstart", { mintIfMissing: true }); const sb = await Sailbox.create({ app, name: "quickstart" }); try { const hello = await sb.run(["python3", "-c", "print('hello world')"]); console.log(hello.stdout); await sb.fs.write("/tmp/note.txt", "from my machine"); console.log((await sb.fs.read("/tmp/note.txt")).toString()); } finally { await sb.terminate(); } } main().catch((error) => { console.error(error); process.exitCode = 1; }); ```
6

Run it

```bash theme={null} npx tsx quickstart.ts ```
1

Create a Sail account

Sign up at the [Sail dashboard](https://app.sailresearch.com).
2

Install the Rust SDK

```bash theme={null} cargo new hello-sail && cd hello-sail cargo add sail-rs cargo add tokio --features macros,rt-multi-thread ```
3

Install the Sail CLI

```bash theme={null} # macOS and Linux curl -fsSL https://cli.sailresearch.com/install.sh | sh # Windows PowerShell irm https://cli.sailresearch.com/install.ps1 | iex ```
4

Authenticate

```bash theme={null} sail auth login ```
5

Create and run a Sailbox

Replace `src/main.rs` with: ```rust theme={null} use sail::{ BaseImage, Client, CreateSailboxRequest, ImageArchitecture, ImageSpec, RunOptions, SailError, WriteOptions, }; #[tokio::main] async fn main() -> Result<(), SailError> { let client = Client::from_env()?; let app = client .find_app("sailbox-quickstart", /* mint_if_missing */ true) .await?; let sb = client .create_sailbox( &CreateSailboxRequest { app_id: app.id, name: "quickstart".into(), image: ImageSpec { base: Some(BaseImage::Debian), architecture: ImageArchitecture::Arm64, ..Default::default() }, ..Default::default() }, /* timeout */ None, ) .await?; let result = async { let hello = sb .run( ["python3", "-c", "print('hello world')"], RunOptions::default(), ) .await?; print!("{}", hello.stdout); sb.fs() .write("/tmp/note.txt", b"from my machine", WriteOptions::default()) .await?; let note = sb.fs().read("/tmp/note.txt").await?; println!("{}", String::from_utf8_lossy(¬e)); Ok::<(), SailError>(()) } .await; let terminate_result = sb.terminate().await; result?; terminate_result?; Ok(()) } ```
6

Run it

```bash theme={null} cargo run ```
## Next steps * Build custom dependencies into the root filesystem with [Images](/sailboxes-images). * Learn runtime file transfer in [Filesystem](/sailboxes-filesystem). * Expose HTTP, raw TCP, and SSH with [Networking](/sailboxes-networking). * Checkpoint, clone from checkpoints, pause, and sleep VMs in [Lifecycle](/sailboxes-lifecycle).