# Fides Quick Start Guide

This guide will help you get Fides running on your computer in minutes using a complete demo project with sample data.

Looking to deploy Fides to your own infrastructure? Check out our [Basic Deployment](/content/docs/platform/installation/basic/overview/index.html) guides for development environments, or [Production Deployment](/content/docs/platform/installation/production/kubernetes/index.html) guides for enterprise setups.

## Prerequisites

For this guide you will need:

- [Docker (opens in a new tab)](https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop/) (version 4.3.0 or later)
- [Python (opens in a new tab)](https://www.python.org/downloads/) (version 3.13)

## Download and install Fides

You can easily download and install the Fides demo using `uv`. Run the following commands to get started:

```
pip3 install uv
uv venv
uv pip install ethyca-fides
```

## Deploy the Fides sample project

By default, Fides ships with a small project belonging to a fictional e-commerce store. Running the `deploy up` command builds a Fides project with all you need to run your first Data Subject Request against real databases.

```
uv run fides deploy up
```

If running `fides deploy` as part of a local fides development environment, refer to the [local documentation](/content/docs/community/development/dev_deployment/index.html) instead.

## Exploring the sample project

When your deployment finishes, a welcome screen will explain the key components of Fides and the sample Cookie House store.

If your browser does not open automatically, you should navigate to `http://localhost:3000`.

The project contains:

- The Fides Control admin UI for managing [privacy requests](/content/docs/privacy-requests/index.html)
- The Fides [Privacy Center](/content/docs/privacy-center-fidesjs/privacy-center/index.html) for submitting requests
- The sample Cookie House eCommerce site for testing
- A DSR Directory on your computer to view results

## Run your first Privacy Access Request

Navigate to the Fides Privacy Center, type in the email address for the sample user (`jane@example.com`), and submit the request.

Then, navigate to the Fides Admin UI to review the pending privacy request.

Approve the request, and review the resulting package!

## Next steps

Congratulations! You've just run an entire privacy request in under 5 minutes! Fides offers many more tools to help take control of your data privacy.

**Continue your journey:**

- **Basic Deployment** - Deploy Fides to your own infrastructure:
  - [Docker](/content/docs/platform/installation/basic/docker/index.html) - Simple Docker setup
  - [Pip](/content/docs/platform/installation/basic/pip/index.html) - Install via Python
  - [Kubernetes](/content/docs/platform/installation/basic/kubernetes/index.html) - Basic Helm deployment
- **Production Deployment** - Enterprise-ready deployments:
  - [Kubernetes](/content/docs/platform/installation/production/kubernetes/index.html) - Production Kubernetes with external services
  - [Terraform](/content/docs/platform/installation/production/terraform/index.html) - Automated AWS ECS deployment
- **Learn More:**
  - Run privacy requests on [your own infrastructure](/content/docs/privacy-requests/index.html)
  - Learn about [data mapping](/content/docs/data-mapping/index.html)
  - Explore the [Fides Taxonomy (opens in a new tab)](https://ethyca.github.io/fideslang/)