Get started

Welcome to LaunchDarkly! LaunchDarkly is a platform for high velocity engineering teams to release, monitor, and optimize great software in production.

This topic describes how to get started with LaunchDarkly. It should take just a few minutes.

LaunchDarkly offers two tools that can help you get set up faster:

• The LaunchDarkly in-app Quickstart walks you through setting up LaunchDarkly from inviting a new member, setting up an SDK, configuring a flag, and customizing flag targeting. To learn more, read The LaunchDarkly quickstart.

• The LaunchDarkly command line interface (CLI) lets you set up and manage your feature flags, account members, projects, environments, teams, and other resources directly from the command line.

Let's get started:

1. Create a member login. You can join an existing account or start a free trial.

2. Create a feature flag. If you're following our in-app Quickstart or using ldcli setup in our CLI, we'll guide you through this. If you prefer to explore on your own, read Creating new flags.

3. Install a LaunchDarkly SDK in your application. If you're following our in-app Quickstart or using ldcli setup in our CLI, we'll guide you through this. If you prefer to explore on your own, read Setting up an SDK.

4. Toggle your flag to see immediate changes in your application, without refreshing your browser or restarting your application. If you're following our in-app Quickstart or using ldcli setup in our CLI, we'll guide you through this. If you prefer to explore on your own, read Turning flags on and off.

Next steps

If you're on a LaunchDarkly trial and you ever need a reminder of what's next, click Onboarding hub in the left sidenav of the LaunchDarkly app to review a list of initial tasks.

Here are some other resources you might find helpful as you continue to explore LaunchDarkly. Learn more about:

• Setting up your account
• Feature management
• Create flags
• Working with SDKs