Quickstart

In this quickstart you will learn how to:

Install the Turso CLI

We’ll be using the Turso CLI throughout this quickstart to manage databases and connect to the database shell.

brew install tursodatabase/tap/turso

Signup to Turso Cloud

The next command will open your browser to sign up:

turso auth signup

Create a Database

Now create your first database with the name my-db:

turso db create my-db

You can inspect your new database using the following command:

turso db show my-db

Connect to Database Shell

Congratulations, you created a database! Now connect to it with the shell command:

turso db shell my-db

Replace my-db with the name of your database if you named it differently.

Create table

Now create a table for users using SQL:

CREATE TABLE users (
  ID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
  name TEXT
);

Insert into new table

Then insert a row into the users table:

INSERT INTO users (name) VALUES ("Iku");

Select all rows from table

Finally, query for all users:

SELECT * FROM users;

When you’re ready to move onto the next step, you’ll want to to quit the shell:

.quit

Connect your application to your database

You’re now ready to connect your application to your database. Pick from one of the SDKs below to continue:

TypeScript / JS