Quickstart

Clone the repo and install dependencies:

# Clone repo
git clone https://github.com/instantdb/instant-examples

# Navigate into the chat example
cd instant-examples/chat

# Install dependencies
pnpm i

If you haven't already, be sure to log into the Instant CLI

pnpx instant-cli login

Now let's initialize a new app with the Instant CLI.

pnpx instant-cli init

We've provided a schema in instant.schema.ts that you can push to your app. You may have already pushed this during init in the previous step. If you answered 'no' to the prompt during init, or if you're unsure whether you pushed the schema, you can push it now.

pnpx instant-cli push

Run the seed script to populate the database with some initial data:

pnpm run seed

Finally, run the development server:

pnpm run dev