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title: Get started
description: From nothing to a terminal on your own laptop, in a browser tab, inside a minute.
layout: tutorial
---

# Get started

From nothing to a terminal on your own laptop, in a browser tab, inside a
minute. No sign-up form.

<Notice text="Not live yet. This is the first minute we are building towards, written first so we can hold ourselves to it." />

## Open your.os

Your browser makes a key and you land on a random name of your own, like
`brave-otter-42`. The key is the account. It is made in the tab and never
sent anywhere.

## Add a machine

Paste one line into a terminal on the machine you want to reach. The code is
single-use and expires in ten minutes.

<Install />

The machine joins your account and appears in your devices, with what it's
allowed to do.

## Open a terminal

Click the machine. You're in a shell on it, sealed end to end, through
whatever network you're on. Close the lid, change wifi, and it carries on.

## Keep it

When you have something worth keeping, pick a name and add a passkey. Until
then your account lives only in this browser. Add a second device too: losing
every device means losing the account.