> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.stellar.org/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# 2025-04-17

> This week we’ll dive into one of the most overlooked tools - Quickstart.

*April 17, 2025* · [Carsten Jacobsen](https://github.com/carstenjacobsen), Senior Developer Advocate

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This week we’ll dive into one of the most overlooked tools - Quickstart.

Quickstart is a local Stellar network environment (node) that allows developers to run a local version of the Stellar network for development and testing.

Learn about Quickstart, see how to install it and how to deploy the Hello World sample dapp on Quickstart.

Link:

* [Stellar Quickstart](https://developers.stellar.org/docs/tools/quickstart)