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Urbit

Get Started

Joining the Urbit network has never been easier. Learn how to join in seconds through a hosting provider, or run Urbit yourself.

Use a Hosting Provider

The fastest way to use Urbit

Red Horizon

Urbit made simple. Red Horizon provides free Urbit hosting with several urbit apps pre-installed.

Tlon

Download the Tlon app and you'll be on the network for free in seconds. Tlon is an Urbit-native toolkit for communicating with your community.

Run it yourself

Invest in running Urbit the sovereign way

Native Planet

Buy a Native Planet device and simply run Urbit yourself at home.

Run from a CLI (technical)

Learn how to run Urbit on any compatible machine from the command line.

Cloud hosting guide (technical)

Host Urbit in the cloud on a Digital Ocean VPS.

Go deeper

Once you're up and running, read up on what you can do with your new Urbit node

Learn to use Urbit's CLI User manual

Learn the web interface Getting around guide

Manage your Urbit ID Bridge guide