The first step is to install FastAPI:

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```console
$ pip install fastapi

---> 100%
```

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!!! note
    When you install with `pip install fastapi` it comes with some default optional standard dependencies.

    If you don't want to have those optional dependencies, you can instead install `pip install fastapi-slim`.

## Advanced User Guide

The command `fastapi dev` reads your `main.py` file, detects the **FastAPI** app in it, and starts a server using <a href="https://www.uvicorn.org" class="external-link" target="_blank">Uvicorn</a>.

By default, `fastapi dev` will start with auto-reload enabled for local development.

You can read more about it in the <a href="https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/fastapi-cli/" target="_blank">FastAPI CLI docs</a>.

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