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title: "Set up your project | Grafana Labs"
description: "Initialize a Go or TypeScript project and install the Foundation SDK dependency."
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> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

# Set up your project

Before you can define a dashboard in code, you need a project with the Foundation SDK installed. Choose either Go or TypeScript. Both produce identical dashboard JSON output.

To set up your project, complete the following steps:

## Option A: Go

1. Create a new directory for your project and navigate into it:
   
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   ```bash
   mkdir my-dashboards && cd my-dashboards
   ```
2. Initialize a Go module:
   
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   ```bash
   go mod init my-dashboards
   ```
3. Install the Grafana Foundation SDK:
   
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   ```bash
   go get github.com/grafana/grafana-foundation-sdk/go@latest
   ```
4. Create a `main.go` file:
   
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   ```bash
   touch main.go
   ```

## Option B: TypeScript

1. Create a new directory for your project and navigate into it:
   
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   ```bash
   mkdir my-dashboards && cd my-dashboards
   ```
2. Initialize a Node.js project:
   
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   ```bash
   npm init -y
   ```
3. Install the Grafana Foundation SDK and TypeScript:
   
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   ```bash
   npm install @grafana/grafana-foundation-sdk typescript ts-node @types/node
   ```
4. Create an `index.ts` file:
   
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   ```bash
   touch index.ts
   ```

Your project directory should now contain the SDK dependency and an empty source file ready for your dashboard code.

In the next milestone, you create your first dashboard definition using the builder pattern.