---
title: "Quick Start"
description: "Choose your first Boring Infra Co. tool and get running in minutes."
---
Every Boring Infra Co. product is a standalone CLI. There is no account to create, no hosted control plane, and no shared login across products.

## Choose your tool

| If you need to… | Use |
|-----------------|-----|
| Install CLI tools with a lockfile and undo | [Root](/docs/products/root/quick-start) |
| Create throwaway AWS or GCP environments | [Sandman](/docs/products/sandman/quick-start) |
| Understand how GitHub, Vercel, Sentry, and more connect | [Combie](/docs/products/combie/quick-start) |
| Map dangerous paths in AI agent environments | [Pico](/docs/products/pico/quick-start) |
| Continue work across Pi, OpenCode, or Codex | [Harnie](/docs/products/harnie/quick-start) |
| Bind evidence to this exact software state | [Meno](/docs/products/meno/quick-start) |
| Give a team and its agents one place to work | [Campfire](/docs/products/campfire/quick-start) |

## Common patterns

All products follow similar conventions:

- **Local state** — configuration and data live on your machine
- **JSON output** — every command supports `--json` for automation
- **No SaaS** — you bring your own cloud credentials where needed
- **Open source** — source on [GitHub](https://github.com/BoringInfraCo)

## Install Root

Root is a good first tool if you want reproducible CLI installs without learning Nix:

```bash
curl -fsSL https://boringinfra.company/root/install.sh | sh
root doctor
root catalog
root plan install ripgrep
root install ripgrep
```

## Install Sandman

Sandman provisions disposable environments on your cloud accounts:

```bash
curl -fsSL https://boringinfra.company/sandman/install.sh | sh
sandman init gcp
sandman create demo --ttl 2h
sandman destroy demo
```

## Install Combie

Combie connects your engineering providers and builds evidence-backed relationships:

```bash
curl -fsSL https://combie.dev/install | sh
combie init
combie connect github --use-gh
combie sync
```

## Next steps

Read the [Philosophy](/docs/getting-started/philosophy) page to understand why we build this way, or jump to a [product overview](/docs/products/root/overview).