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slug: getting_started/quick_start
title: 🚀 Quick Start
---
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Get up and running with FastVideo in minutes!

## Installation [#installation]

First, install FastVideo:

```bash
# If you previously used Conda, use uv instead for a faster, more stable setup
uv venv --python 3.12 --seed
source .venv/bin/activate

# Install FastVideo on NVIDIA CUDA 12
UV_TORCH_BACKEND=cu126 uv pip install fastvideo
```

Use `UV_TORCH_BACKEND=cu130` instead on CUDA 13.

Also optionally install flash-attn:

```bash
uv pip install flash-attn --no-build-isolation -v
```

## Choose a maintained recipe [#choose-a-maintained-recipe]

The cookbook selects complete, checked-in recipes instead of mixing model,
parallelism, offload, and attention settings independently.

[Open the inference cookbook](/FastVideo/cookbook)

:::tip[Need more control?]
Start from a maintained recipe, then use the
[configuration](/FastVideo/inference/configuration) and
[optimization](/FastVideo/inference/optimizations) guides for supported changes.
:::

## Next Steps [#next-steps]

- [Inference Cookbook](/FastVideo/cookbook) - Choose a maintained recipe
- [Installation Guide](/FastVideo/getting_started/installation) - Detailed installation instructions
- [Configuration](/FastVideo/inference/configuration) - Learn about configuration options
- [Examples](/FastVideo/inference/examples/examples_inference_index) - Explore more
  examples
- [Optimizations](/FastVideo/inference/optimizations) - Performance optimization tips